Château Cantemerle, 5eme Cru Classé, Haut Medoc, 2023
Another excellent effort from this Medoc Fifth Growth. A classical bouquet of cassis, cooked meats and smouldering embers leads to a fine, juicy mid-palate of hedgerow fruit, supported by well judged tannins. Nice sapidity to the fruit, fresh and engaging. Not the most profound wine of the vintage, but it'll provide lots of early to mid-term drinking pleasure.
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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.
Intense plum colour, this has lift and attractive leafy notes, full of character and carefully-shaped and extracted tannins, cassis fruits, black chocolate and liqourice. Old school in feel, finessed and not overly sleek, full of heart. 35% new oak, 43hl/ha yield.
The 2023 Cantemerle has an attractive nose that offers more fruit concentration than its peers, raspberry and crushed strawberry, light peppery notes. The palate has good body on the entry, but it doesn't quite possess phenolic ripeness right on the finish. Could this be subsumed during the élevage? A third sample verified a nagging, albeit slight vegetal aspect but let's see how it will show once in bottle.
The 2023 Cantemerle offers up aromas of dark berries, cherries, mint and herbs, followed by a medium-bodied, round and fleshy palate that's a touch varietal in profile this year.
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