Château Pontet-Canet 2026

Tasting

"A wild, captivating nose blends blue and black fruit with a touch of jasmine. Complex savoury nuances intertwine harmoniously: liquorice, plum, dark chocolate, aromatic herbs, purple flowers, animal notes and even a hint of bitumen. On the palate, the texture is incredibly creamy, caressing like cashmere and gliding across the palate like a skater, before a finish marked by a burst of fruit, like a closing flourish." - Le Figaro

Blend of the 2026 vintage

Figures from the 2026 sheet

• 50 yrsVine age
• 250,000 bottlesProduction

Winemaking

Manual sorting and destemming. Alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts, four-week maceration with gentle punching down, malolactic fermentation in vats.

Ageing

50% in new oak barrels, 35% in concrete amphorae and 15% in one-wine barrels, for 16 to 18 months.

Terroir

The lands of Château Pontet-Canet lie at the heart of the Pauillac appellation, south of the neighbouring vineyards of Mouton Rothschild and d'Armailhac. Here it is the poverty of the soil that serves as the matrix for the greatest crus. The soil appears to be composed of nothing but gravel and sand, and it is hard to imagine that the vine can grow there. The 80 hectares of the Pontet-Canet vineyard are dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon, the well-known signature of the great wines of Pauillac. The terroir of Pontet-Canet consists of a rise of Garonne gravels over a limestone bedrock. It is a lean, warm and free-draining soil.