Pontet Canet 2020 released

The 2020 Pontet-Canet has been released for £890 per 12×75, 1.1% more than the current Market Price of the 2019 (£880).

Critical Acclaim

Antonio Galloni awarded the wine 95-97 points. He said, “the 2020 Pontet-Canet is a captivating effort from the Tesseron family.”

Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW said the wine is a “fascinating expression of the vintage and highly recommended!” Perrotti-Brown awarded the wine 96-98+.

James Suckling awarded 98-99 points and Jane Anson gave a 97.

Summary

Prices for Pontet-Canet correlate best with Wine Advocate scores, as seen in the chart below.

The outlier however, is 2019 which falls well below the fair value line having been scored 99-points and released at a large discount last year. The wine has since risen 20.2% in price from release but still looks good value.

Today’s release has been priced fairly when using Wine Advocate scores.

It looks like volumes are also down this year – so we have taken our allocation here.