Château Cantemerle
Château Cantemerle, 5eme Cru Classé, Haut Medoc, 2012
90/100
Inside Bordeaux
88/100
Robert Parker Wine Advocate
84/100
The Wine Independent
88/100
Vinous
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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note
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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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.
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We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.
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Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.
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Critic Reviews
90/100
Jane Anson,
Inside Bordeaux
Soft brambled fruits, earthy and old school, tender tannins, waves of rosebud and raspberry leaf, short on the finish but with real charm. 40% new oak for ageing, Eric Boissenot consultant, Philippe Dambrine consultant.
drinking window 2025 - 2038
date of review 03/2025
84/100
Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
The Wine Independent
The 2012 Cantemerle is medium garnet-brick colored. Dried herbs, damp soil, and tobacco notes emerge over a core of redcurrant jelly and dried plums. Light to medium-bodied, the palate is a little thin and drying, finishing chewy.
drinking window 2022 - 2028
date of review 02/2023
88/100
Neal Martin,
Vinous
The 2012 Cantemerle has a leafy bouquet with light tobacco notes filtering through the black fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with quite sharp acidity, very fresh, almost tart in style with a piquant finish. There is a little coarseness, though it serves well as a no-frills Haut-Médoc. Tasted blind at the Southwold Ten-Year On tasting.
drinking window 2022 - 2030
date of review 09/2022
88/100
Robert Parker,
Robert Parker Wine Advocate
With a dense, ruby/purple color, low acidity, ripe tannin and well above-average depth, this is really an elegant, cleanly made, pure style of wine, with floral notes, mixed with blueberry and black cherry. Its medium bodied, with light tannin and is best drunk over the next 10-12 years.
drinking window 2015 - 2027
date of review 04/2015
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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.
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