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Ch. Brane-Cantenac

Chateau Brane-Cantenac 2eme Cru Classe Margaux

Bordeaux

Margaux

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WSET Diploma

Deep garnet-purple colored. Slowly unfurls in the glass to reveal fragrant notes of warm red plums, kirsch, and strawberry pie, plus hints of mossy tree bark and black olives. The light to medium-bodied palate is plush and refreshing with impressive intensity and a perfumed finish. Pretty!

by Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW

The 2023 Brane-Cantenac is deep garnet-purple in color. Scents of blackcurrant jelly, boysenberries, and black raspberries slowly emerge from the glass, giving way to notions of charcoal, pencil lead, and a waft of tree bark. The medium-bodied palate has a solid structure of racy acidity and firm, ripe, grainy tannins supporting the tightly wound black and red fruit flavors, finishing on a lingering mineral note. The blend is 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, 1% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot, with pH 3.59.

Amatør

The 2021 Brane-Cantenac is deep garnet-purple in color. After a swirl or two, notes of black raspberries, juicy blackberries, and cassis come barreling out of the glass, plus nuances of dried herbs and graphite. The light to medium-bodied palate offers great tension and intensity, with fine-grained tannins and a long, savory finish.

There is an exuberance to the 2020 vintage at Brane Cantenac, with rippling depths to the damson fruit, along with liqourice, graphite, cocoa bean, fine tannins, white pepper, sage. Feels fully ripe but well restrained, very Margaux. 100% new oak with 28 different parameters, including forest origin, level of toasting, width of the grain and time of seasoning the oak staves before barrel construction. Just such a meticulous approach, and no doubt helps deepen the complexity in the final glass, as do choices such as the touch of Carmanère in the blend (and the increase in Cabernet Sauvignon over recent years). Eric Boissenot consultant, 31hl/ha yield.

Inside Bordeaux

The 2019 Brane-Cantenac has a deep garnet-purple color. It is a tad closed to start, offering subtle notes of dried herbs, warm plums, and tobacco leaf, with wafts of aniseed, fresh blackcurrants, and black olives. The full-bodied palate is firm and grainy, with lively acidity supporting the muscular fruit and a savory finish.

Expert

Delivers intensity and focus from the first moment, this is poised, generous in the shape of the vintage but restrained in the shape of the estate. Violet and peony flowers, white pepper spice, cocoa bean, espresso notes, cassis, black cherry and smoked earth. A wonderful example of Margaux in this vintage, should really be left for another few years, but who am I to stand in your way if you want to drink it now with a good long carafe? 39% of total production, owner Henri Lurton.

Medium to deep garnet-brick in color, the 2014 Brane-Cantenac leaps with vivacious notes of kirsch and redcurrant jelly followed by hints of dried mint, forest floor, and black pepper. The medium-bodied palate is vibrant and refreshing, with fine-grained tannins and a perfumed finish.

The 2013 Brane-Cantenac is medium garnet in color, with a touch of brick. It sings of dried roses and cherries, giving way to wafts of aniseed, tree bark, fallen leaves, and wild sage. The light to medium-bodied palate delivers a racy backbone and herb-laced red berries, with a chewy yet approachable texture and a lively finish.

Duft av krydder og bær. Smak av solbær. Elegant og fyldig. For meg en skjelden god vin. Kanskje litt raus med karakteren men mener bestemt det ikke er ufortjent! For den nydelige smaken varer lenge. Luftet i to timer. Ble servert til kalkun.

Amateur

Delicious, although the 2009 is definitely the one to go for at any time over the next decade. In contrast, the 2010 still feels pretty closed, not yet fully expanding through the mid palate. Graphite, pencil lead, crayon, cassis, brambled hedgerow fruit, very Left Bank. 70% new oak. Harvest 27 September to 14 October.

Ruby red, this remains closed on the nose, and the tannic structure is still tight at 17 years old, proof that 2005 retains its ability to frustrate, but the hints of mature notes are finally becoming clear. So much potential and subdued power, linear, focused, great clarity of cassis and bilberry fruit, with 2005 energy showing a core of ripe fruit, tobacco and truffle. Excellent tension and balance, a tightrope walk through the palate here, edges of mandarin peel, raspberry leaf and eucalyptus showing that it wasn't a vintage that delivered overripe fruit, but balance and focus. It needs a little longer to fully express its potential.

Herlig 2004 med flott syre og struktur. Drikker fint nå med flott balanse og lengde. Dette er godt, dette er digg dette er Margaux slik det kan være

Lukt: vanilje, lær
Smak: lær, vanilje, lakris, noe tanniner,

Shared during the Mentor Week at the château, and it just blew everyone away around the table. These are always special moments (as with the Kirwan 1982 during the 2023 Mentor Week) when the magic of mature Bordeaux becomes clear. This is full of melted tannins, very much in its drinking window, with a slide towards tertiary smoked earth and campfire notes, still with softened raspberry puree fruits. Delicate, fragrant, one to savour, and consider drinking within the next decade.

Category	Red wine
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Producer	Ch. Brane-Cantenac
Vintages	2007
Country	France, Bordeaux, Margaux
Bottle	75 cl

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