- Château Pontet-Canet 2023 has been released at £790 per case.
- Neal Martin has awarded the wine a barrel score of 93-95 points.
- Buyers looking for options in back-vintages may be interested in the 2014, 2017 and 2020 vintages.
As part of this year’s Bordeaux En Primeur campaign, Château Pontet-Canet 2023 has been released at €66 per bottle ex-négociant, down 26.7% on the 2022 release (€90).
It is being offered by the international trade for £790 per 12×75, a 26.9% decrease on the 2022’s opening price (£1,080 a case).
Château Pontet-Canet was Liv-ex’s most traded wine by number of trades in 2023.
Critical response
Jane Anson (Inside Bordeaux) awarded the wine a potentially perfect score of 98-100 points. She noted that it is ‘a wine to convince you of the quality and ripeness of Cabernet Sauvignon in Pauillac in the 2023 vintage’.
Writing for The Wine Advocate, Yohan Castaing scored the wine 96-98 points. The critic described the wine as having a ‘fresh bouquet of mulberries and cassis mingled with notions of violets, gentian and menthol’.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW (The Wine Independent) described the wine as having ‘notes of juicy blueberries, black cherries and blackcurrant jelly’, and awarded it 97-99 points.
By contrast, Neal Martin (Vinous) scored the wine 93-95 points but was complimentary in his tasting note, praising its ‘lovely linearity’ and calling it ‘very fine’.
We will be adding all scores to the critics grid as they are released – see it here or sign up for release alerts to stay up-to-date.
Château Pontet-Canet pricing analysis
According to the Liv-ex Fair Value methodology, Market Prices of Pontet-Canet are 64.1% correlated with Neal Martin’s scores. As shown in the chart below, today’s release falls below the Fair Value regression line, making it of potential interest to buyers.
*It should be noted that there is no 2018 data point as Martin did not score the wine.
** During his last tastings, Martin did not score the 2016 vinatge so the chart above uses his previous score of 96.
The 95-point 2020 vintage, while down 25.9% since its release, is currently available at 16.5% discount to the 2023 and may be of interest to buyers.
Buyers looking for options in back-vintages may also turn to the 92-point 2014 and 93-point 2017. Both fall below the Fair Value line and benefit from extra years in bottle.
For further pricing information on back-vintages of Château Pontet-Canet and other similar wines, consult our ready-made Left-Bank list in List Studio.
Our Bordeaux En Primeur 2023 page contains everything you need to know about this year’s campaign. You can also sign up for our daily En Primeur email alerts using the form below.
Liv-ex analysis is drawn from the world’s most comprehensive database of fine wine prices. The data reflects the real time activity of Liv-ex’s 620+ merchant members from across the globe. Together they represent the largest pool of liquidity in the world – currently £100m of bids and offers across 20,000 wines.
