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

    Château Brane Cantenac, 2ème Cru Classé, Margaux, 2021

    94/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    86-88/100
    The Wine Independent
    93/100
    Vinous
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    1. 2021

      6x75cl

      DP

      £359.14

    2. 2021

      3x1.5L

      DP

      £371.14

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    74% Merlot, 22% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot and 1% Carmenere with 11.3% press wine and weighing in at 12.7% alcohol. This hails exclusively from the plateau they call terrace IV, where Henri Lurton and his team have grafted Cabernet Sauvignon plants onto old Merlot rootstock. The additional Cabernet adds an aromatic complexity and freshness. They were very careful with extractions and appear to have produced a really harmonious and successful 2021. Wonderful florality, cool cherries and blood orange. Great definition to the fruit, pure, juicy, bittersweet fruit – the mid-palate is packed with sleek, refined berries supported by beams of acidity. This is a splendid Brane Cantenac sustained by supple, fine tannins. Exquisite.

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    Critic Reviews

    94/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    One of the few with violet reflections to the ruby body, with austerity and cool vintage expression of blueberry and raspberry fruits, well defined and sculpted, good juice and lift, impressive purity and power, with a sandalwood swirl of 100% new oak for ageing. Harvest September 23 to October 7, 41hl/h yield.
    drinking window 2027 - 2041
    date of review 04/2024
    93/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The first thing that I notice on the 2021 Brane-Cantenac is that the color is conspicuously deeper than that of the Deuxième Vin. The nose has exquisite, very pure and delineated scents of raspberry and blackcurrant, with a touch of pencil box and cedar. There is almost a Burgundy-like allure to these aromatics. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins. Classic in style with a clean bead of acidity, there is a noticeable saline/estuarine aspect to this Brane. It’s focused and poised with quite a peppery finish (more-so than out of barrel). Whilst it has no desire to match the imperial heights of other recent vintages, this will allow for perfect drinking over the next 20-odd years. Excellent.
    drinking window 2028 - 2055
    date of review 02/2024
    86-88/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
    The Wine Independent
    The 2021 Brane-Cantenac is composed of 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot, and 1% Carmenere, harvested from 23 September to 7 October and with 11.3% press wine in the blend. Deep garnet-purple colored, it leaps with vibrant notes of ripe black and red plums, boysenberries, and warm cassis, plus wafts of cedar chest, wet slate, and bay leaves. Light to medium-bodied, the palate is soft and refreshing with a good intensity of earth-laced black fruits and a mineral-tinged finish. pH 3.66.
    drinking window 2026 - 2036
    date of review 05/2022

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    Margaux
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Cab Sauvignon Merlot
    abv:
    13.5%

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