chateau cantemerle 5eme cru classe haut medoc

Château Cantemerle

Château Cantemerle, 5eme Cru Classé, Haut Medoc, 2012

Name: Château Cantemerle, 5eme Cru Classé, Haut Medoc
Brand: Château Cantemerle
Price: 32.86 GBP

84/100

The Wine Independent

88/100

Vinous

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2012
75cl
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£32.86

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

This 5th Growth estate is on fine form. 94 points from Mr Parker for their 2010 is proof it were needed that this property makes very good wine. The 2012 is quite floral and perfumed, with stony minerality, a juicy sweet fruit core of cranberries, blueberries and blackcurrant with just a hint of savoury spice. Honest, quite plush and very well made with no over extraction. Restrained and elegant.

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Critic Reviews

84/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

No tasting notes available

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

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