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Ch. Cantemerle

Chateau Cantemerle 5eme Cru Classe Haut-Medoc

Bordeaux

Haut-Médoc

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.

Inside Bordeaux

Deep garnet-purple colored. Features bright, sparky notes of black raspberries and red currants, plus nuances of dusty soil, dried sage, and black olives. The light-bodied palate delivers good intensity with grainy tannins and bright freshness, finishing with an invigorating lift.

by Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW

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.

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.

Expert

The 2020 Cantemerle is deep garnet-purple in color. It features notes of cassis and black raspberries, with suggestions of tobacco, wild sage, and fragrant soil. Medium-bodied, the palate delivers cedar-laced black and red berry flavors, with a light chewiness to the texture and a refreshing, minerally finish.

Dufter av vanilje og solbær. Smak av lær, tobakk, integrert eik, bjørnebær og moden plomme. Relativt mye tanniner og syre. Generelt god. Gleder meg til å prøve igjen etter noen år til i kjelleren. 

Amatør

Concentration and power through the palate, lovely quality, with depth and texture to the brambled fruit, wrapped with freshly cut herbs, gunsmoke and cocoa bean, maintains the elegance and chalky minerality of Cantemerle, a touch abrupt on the finish. A ripe vintage where they focused on stripping back any interventions in the cellar, low yields after hail. worked on less intervention, plus the Cabernet Sauvignon that was older, more elegant, still some lower yields because of hail in this year. 40% new oak for ageing, Eric Boissenot consultant, Philippe Dambrine estate director. 

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. 

Amateur

The 2012 Cantemerle is medium garnet-brick colored. Dried herbs, damp soil, and tobacco notes emerge over a core of redcurrant jelly and dried plums. Light to medium-bodied, the palate is a little thin and drying, finishing chewy.

Klassisk, cedertre, blyantspiss, urter, røde bær, ble bedre og bedre med luft. 

WSET 2

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. 

This was the first wine of the 2009/2010 retrospective, kicking off two days of tasting, and it immediately set the bar for the quality of the 2009 vintage. Fully open and in its drinking window, this is ripped with sandalwood and cedar, with undertones of tobacco, cloves and cinnamon, grilled blackberry and juicy raspberry fruits, fresh acidities, generous and ready to share - even more so with an hour in a carafe. Wonderfully balanced at just 13%abv also, happy days. 50% new oak.

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.

Krydder og bringebærnoter. Medium kropp med eleganse. Alderen har gitt en noe brunlig kant og preg av skogsbunn. Lett og herlig.

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. 

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Produsent	Ch. Cantemerle
Årgang	2024
Land	Frankrike, Bordeaux, Haut-Médoc
Flaskestørrelse	75 cl

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