Château Brane Cantenac, 2ème Cru Classé, Margaux, 2016

Name: Château Brane Cantenac, 2ème Cru Classé, Margaux
Brand: Château Brane-Cantenac
Price: 357.53 GBP

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justerini & brooks tasting note

Tasted twice with equally impressive notes. There's a wild element to the bouquet, sap, meadow flowers infused with ripe cassis and cranberries. The palate is awash with polished raspberry liqueur, black cherry and loganberry. There's plenty of weight, but this is not heavy, it floats across the palate with weightless ease. This is beautifully constructed, juicy yet gentle, finely worked tannins and a peacock's tail of floral fruit on the fine boned tannins. Classic Brane.

critic reviews

95/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2016 Brane-Cantenac has a wonderful bouquet. Pure blackberry, cedar and graphite scents blossom in the glass with exquisite delineation and harmony. The palate is medium-bodied with sculpted tannins and a sense of symmetry that the estate had not seen before. Very focused and mineral-driven towards the finish, this was quite simply the best Brane-Cantenac that Henri Lurton had overseen to date. Tasted at the Brane-Cantenac vertical at the château in September 2025.

DRINKING WINDOW 2026 - 2050

date of review 09/2025

99/100Jane Anson,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Rich, deep, powerful, still just at the start of its life. This is a stunning wine, the standout in the vertical. Luscious black fruits, with a careful climb of freshness and acidity through the palate, carefully placed and so delicious, waves of subtle cumin, cocoa and liquorice spice, cassis, cedar, mint leaf, smoked tea, oyster shell, slate tannins. Can easily hold for another few decades, but honestly it is tasting so good right now, you might want to at least open one bottle so you can begin to follow its progress. Harvest September 22 to October 17, 52.5hl/h yield, 70% new oak barrels. Eric Boissenot consultant, Henri Lurton owner, Christophe Capdeville technical director.

DRINKING WINDOW 2025 - 2042

date of review 09/2025