chateau cantemerle 5eme cru classe haut medoc

Château Cantemerle

Château Cantemerle, 5eme Cru Classé, Haut Medoc, 2020

Name: Château Cantemerle, 5eme Cru Classé, Haut Medoc
Brand: Château Cantemerle
Price: 152.93 GBP

93/100

Inside Bordeaux

90/100

The Wine Independent

86/100

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2020
75cl
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£25.49
2020
6x75cl
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£152.93
2020
3x1.5L
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£164.93

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Opaque and brooding with lots of liquorice and black cherry notes, dark savoury fruit and a nice texture, but we wonder whether they’ve pushed the extractions a little too far. Thick, chocolatey, and whilst clearly a good, well-made wine, it doesn’t have the intensity and verve that the best wines of 2020 display. It feels a little cumbersome and heavy. Solid, finishes with mineral infused crème de mûre fruit and spice.

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Critic Reviews

86/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

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drinking window 2026 - 2036

date of review 11/2024

90/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

The 2020 Cantemerle is deep garnet-purple in color. It features notes of cassis and black raspberries, with suggestions of tobacco, wild sage, and fragrant soil. Medium-bodied, the palate delivers cedar-laced black and red berry flavors, with a light chewiness to the texture and a refreshing, minerally finish.

drinking window 2023 - 2037

date of review 03/2023

93/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Ruby red colour, bursting with brambled fruit, these are young and still closed down tannins, trace of chalkiness, opening to show cassis and blueberry fruit, sleek and pretty. Attrractive austerity in this wine gives this a savoury quality, medium bodied, with cocoa bean and mint left on the finish. Tasted twice, love the aromatics after a good few hours of opening. 45hl/ha yield, 40% new oak

drinking window 2025 - 2042

date of review 02/2023

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