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Château Pontet-Canet Pauillac (Grand Cru Classé) 2016

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Scores

Two measures, kept apart on purpose. One is about the bottle, the other about the year.

Wine Score

94 / 100

Critic evidence
Critic 98 from 12 critics
Community evidence
Community 92 from 6,438 notes

40% critic · 60% drinkers

how we score

Region Vintage

We hold no region-vintage score for this appellation and year yet.

Not part of the Wine Score.

Drinking window

2026now 20262062
Good to open now. The window runs 2026 to 2062. Published by 8 critics.

Price

Merchant price range, per 750ml

£164–£186

Median £183 · 2026-10

Our own summary of 10 tracked offers in bottle, divided down to a 750ml comparable. It is not a merchant listing, and nobody will sell you a bottle at the median. The individual listings are below.

Price basis not confirmed, may or may not include UK duty and VAT.

Prices read 2026-10-14. We hold one dated snapshot of merchant prices rather than a series, so there is no retail price chart on this page. The one price history we do own is trade based: the market index.

By format

Normalised to a per-750ml comparable: large formats run 11% above bottles here, on 1 observations.
FormatLowHighPer 750mlObs.Source
1x75cl£166£200£1662not tracked
3x75cl × 3not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
6x75cl × 6not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
12x75cl × 12not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
1x150clnot trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
3x150cl × 3not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
6x150cl × 6not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
1x300cl£737£737£1841not tracked
3x300cl × 3not trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
1x500clnot trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
1x600clnot trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
1x1200clnot trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
1x1500clnot trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked
1x2700clnot trackednot trackednot tracked0not tracked

Critic scores

  • 100/100Published Retrieved · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).
  • 99/100Published Retrieved · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).
  • 99/100Published Retrieved · Note text not published (licence not confirmed).

Each score is shown as it was published, on its own scale: a 95/100 and an 18/20 are not the same claim.

We hold 7 further critic scores for this vintage and show the 3 above.

Where to buy

Retail route

3 observations from 2 venues, £166–£200 per 750ml. A shelf price is what a merchant listed on the date shown; no bidding, no premium.

Retail asks, cheapest first, with the venue and the source behind each one.
VenuePrice
mywineconnection.com · £200per 750ml
selectionsommelier.com · £166per 750ml
selectionsommelier.com · £184per 750ml · from 3000 ml

Auction route

No auction activity in the tracked window.

No auction activity in the tracked window.

Work out the true landed cost →

What it has fetched at auction, year by year: Château Pontet-Canet Pauillac (Grand Cru Classé) 2016 price history.

LWIN 101430720160100750, the identifier for this bottling and format.