Château Brane-Cantenac
Château Brane Cantenac, 2ème Cru Classé, Margaux, 2022
98/100
Inside Bordeaux
95-97/100
Robert Parker Wine Advocate
97/100
The Wine Independent
97/100
Vinous
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2022
6x75cl
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£452.74
Justerini & Brooks Tasting note
This is Henri Lurton's 30th vintage at Brane Cantenac and he describes it as "legendary, like 1945 and 1961". It is a homage to Lucien Lurton (Henri's father) who passed away earlier this year. Henri believes this is "his greatest vintage" to date, and fittingly, the 60-year-old Cabernet vines that his father planted after the frosts of 1956 form the backbone of this wine. Vinified at lower temperatures than normal, which has preserved a freshness and redness to the fruit, this is a beautifully nuanced and juicy example. Opening with a terrific bouquet of fresh plums, bright hedgerow fruits and rose petals, it leads to a detailed and well delineated palate of perfumed cranberries, griotte and creme de mûre. Texturally, this is wonderful – the core possesses vigour and refinement and an almost creamy character. Henri explained that they have used a record amount of press wine 15.8%. This all came from Cabernet Sauvignon and added "another dimension" to the wine. There's loads of nervy tension here to counter the sumptuous fruit, finishing with brightness and sapidity. 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 1% Cabernet Franc, 1% Carmenère and 1% Petit Verdot.
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Critic Reviews
97/100
Chris Kissack,
The Wine Independent
The 2022 from Henri Lurton is a blend of 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot and 1% each Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Carmenère. I just adore the nose here, dark yet perfumed and fresh, with smoked blackberry fruit laced with sandalwood, incense, white peach and a touch of mint, as well as a gentle touch of peppery energy. The palate is no less beautiful than the nose suggests, with great harmony and polish, a very correct stance, the dark fruit underpinned by a spindle of dark and deliciously well-knit tannins. This is wonderfully coherent, all spiced and peppery in the finish, before a length which comes infused with peppery tannins. A brilliantly fashioned Margaux with a rich tannic structure that will carry this forward for decades. A great example of Brane-Cantenac and the appellation as a whole. Tasted twice. The alcohol on the label is 14%.
drinking window 2029 - 2059
date of review 06/2025
97/100
Neal Martin,
Vinous
The 2022 Brane-Cantenac showed supremely well from barrel. Now in bottle, the aromatics are tightly wound at first, opening with each swirl to reveal blackberry, crushed stone, peony and cracked black pepper scents. It is quintessential Brane-Cantenac. The palate is medium-bodied with finely chiseled tannins that lend this Margaux unerring sym. Indeed, this is the finest balanced Brane-Cantenac that I have encountered to date. It is almost pixelated in quality and very focused, with wonderful depth, precision and gentle grip toward the finish. So much energy is packed into this wine that it is almost impossible to detect the 100% new oak. It’s brilliant.
drinking window 2030 - 2065
date of review 02/2025
98/100
Jane Anson,
Inside Bordeaux
Easily one of the best wines of the appellation. Red rose petal fragrance, damp earth, rosemary, baking spice, sandalwood, incense, graphite and slate. Exceptional balance, deep chocolate and mint character, with lush damson and cassis fruits. Crushed violet flowers and salted cracker salinity, extremely impressive. Owner Henri Lurton has experience of making wine overseas, in Baja California, which may have given insights into viticultural techniques n the heat, but the real key here is the old vine Cabernet Sauvignon planted in the 1950s and 1960s by his late father Lucien Lurton. 100% new oak, from 8 coopers, and the meticulous approach to oak ageing care of technical director Christophe Capdeville is also important. 42% of production in the 1st wine. All the young vines, even when co-planted in the same rows were picked separately also this year.
drinking window 2030 - 2050
date of review 05/2023
95-97/100
William Kelley,
Robert Parker Wine Advocate
A blend of 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot and the balance Cabernet Franc, Carmenere and Petit Verdot, the 2022 Brane-Cantenac unwinds in the glass with aromas of dark berries, creme de cassis, black truffles, loamy soil, burning embers and violets. Medium to full-bodied, deep and velvety, with a fleshy core of fruit, terrific concentration and lively acids, it concludes with a long, perfumed finish. This is a terrific 2022 that may rival or even surpass the 2019 if it realizes all its potential in bottle.
date of review 04/2023
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