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Ch. Cantemerle

Chateau Cantemerle 5eme Cru Classe Haut-Medoc

Bordeaux

Haut-Médoc

Black tea, cassis, rosebud, chalk, mineral, gentle citrus fruit, sweet oak impact on the finish, good quality. Both Cabernet Franc and Merlot were impacted by frost - which at the time was the first real frost since 1991 at Cantemerle, making final yields 40hl/h. 40% new oak for ageing, Eric Boissenot consultant, Philippe Dambrine estate director. 

Inside Bordeaux

Expert

WSET 3

Great quality, sappy, fragrant, savoury Cabernet Sauvignon aromatics. On the palate things open to show squid ink, juice, raspberry puree, liquorice root, really enjoyable, good texture.  48hl/h yield, 35% new oak, Laure Canu director, SMA Group owners. New winery to be ready for the 2025 harvest.

Sporting a deep garnet-purple color, the 2023 Cantemerle leaps with bold notions of black raspberries, baked plums, and dried cranberries, followed by hints of dried Provence herbs, black olives, and fallen leaves. Light to medium-bodied, the palate has appealing purity and vivacity with red and black berry flavors sparked by herbal accents and textured with chewy tannins, finishing just a tad abruptly. The blend is 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 6% Petit Verdot, and 4% Cabernet Franc, with the inclusion of 14% press wine. It is aging in 35% new oak. This review is based on my third tasting, which was a fresher sample.

by Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW

Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2022 Cantemerle bursts with bold notions of black cherry preserves and blackcurrant pastilles, followed by hints of bay leaves, fallen leaves, and tilled soil. The medium-bodied palate is bright and refreshing, with fine-grained tannins and an energetic finish.

Solbær, tobakk, lær.

Solbær, sorte kirsebær, eik. Hint av grønne toner. 

The 2018 Cantemerle is deep garnet purple in color. There is a lot of oak to begin, giving way to fresh, juicy blackberries, cassis, and boysenberries, with touches of camphor, leather, and a medicinal waft. Medium to full-bodied, it is slightly chewy with a rustic finish. 

Fragrant concentration of earth, violets and iris flowers immediately apparent, continuing on the palate with black tea, cedar, liquorice root, blackberry, slate, campfire. 50hl/h yield. You could open now with a long carafe, but it will continue to age for another decade at least. Great stuff. 40% new oak for ageing, Eric Boissenot consultant, Philippe Dambrine estate director. 

So much pleasure on display here, with enveloping ripe berry fruit, cumin and sage spices, chalky tannins giving focus and lift, soft through the mid palate but everything melts into the wider architecture of the wine, and this is thoroughly easy to fall in love with. 40% new oak for ageing, Eric Boissenot consultant, Philippe Dambrine estate director. 

Amatør

Soft brambled fruits, earthy and old school, tender tannins, waves of rosebud and raspberry leaf, short on the finish but with real charm. 40% new oak for ageing, Eric Boissenot consultant, Philippe Dambrine consultant.

Røde mot mørke bær, enda litt spiss med tresmak og noe skogbunntendenser. God lengde. Ok Bordeaux, men for dyr. 

26.07.21

Lukt: mørke bær (solbær,blåbær), vanilje, kanel, herbs. Frisk paprika, allikevel noe reduktiv på lukt. 

Smak: deilig blåbær/solbær i inngang. Som blir enda tettere i midtpartiet.
Sitter lenge med mørk frukt, vanilje, pepper og noe blekk.

Digg syre, som gir god friskhet og leskende. Myk og balansert.

Den kan ligge lenger, fordi tanninene er litt grønne. 

På ingen måte bevandret nok i Bordeaux til å beskrive den her på noen annen måte enn at den går meget til entrecote og morkelsaus. Myk, digg klassisk holdning med slipte tanniner. Åpner seg etter en times tid på karaffel og behager veldig nå også etter fire timer. 

Muscular weight and density to the mid palate, this starts off with plenty of raspberry and blackberry fruits, along with cedar and leather. Drops fairly quickly through the mid palate. Suggest going for large format of this vintage if you can find it, there is still plenty of freshness here and plenty of enjoyment to be had. 40% new oak for ageing, fined but unfiltered on bottling, Eric Boissenot consultant, Philippe Dambrine director.

More proof that the 2007s are having a moment - but not one that will last forever. Wisps of gunsmoke, raspberry and redcurrant fruit, rust, campfire, just a lovely wine, thoroughly suggest drinking soon, colour just starting to tile, and there are tertiary aromatics and flavours, along with waves of peony florals. Philippe Dambrine director, 40% new oak for ageing.

More open aromatically than the 2005, this is at a good moment to drink, loaded with brambled blackberries, redcurrants, smoked earth, white pepper spice, tomato leaf, a little foursquare on the finish. An abundant year in terms of yield, and the Merlot ripened better than the Cabernet, reflected in the blend. Philippe Dambrine director, 40% new oak for ageing.

Still plenty of consistency of colour here, medium intensity throughout, now a gentle ruby. Fragrant, raspberry leaf, unfussy slight earthy on the nose, immediately enticing. I had this a few years ago, when the fruit was much brighter, now it is softer and more autumnal, and this is really at the moment to drink. Earthy on the palate also, loam, soy, orange peel, white pepper, brambled fruit and undergrowth, touches of leather. Softly spoken, perhaps a little bottle variation, but I would say this is a good wine to get cracking on now, and enjoy its gentle pleasures. 50% new oak. Unfiltered.

Just a beautiful wine that lives up to its reputation as one of the stellar vintages of Cantemerle, showing what can be achieved on this site. Easy to sink into, charcoal, incense, roses, feathery melted tannins, crystalline quality, pure joy, extremely easy to drink. Pascal Berteau technical director at the time, spent pretty much his whole career here except for a stint at Mouton. A huge yield in 1989, they fermented then moved out the wine out of the vats and put in the next lot of grapes three times! Blend given is plantings in the vineyard at the time. Rebottled in 2000. 

Kategori	Rødvin
Polnummer	11939205
Produsent	Ch. Cantemerle
Årgang	2017
Land	Frankrike, Bordeaux, Haut-Médoc
Flaskestørrelse	150 cl

Alkoholnivå	13 %
Syre	4,9 %
Sukker	< 3 g/l

Innpakning	Glass
Korktype
Utvalg	Tilleggsutvalget
Grossist	Lars Søreide AS
Transportør	NBS Logistics AS