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

    Château Cantemerle, 5eme Cru Classé, Haut Medoc, 2023

    92/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    86-88/100
    The Wine Independent
    87-89/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
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    1. 2023

      6x75cl

      EP

      £120.00

    2. 2023

      12x75cl

      EP

      £240.00

    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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    Critic Reviews

    86-88/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
    The Wine Independent
    Sporting a deep garnet-purple color, the 2023 Cantemerle leaps with bold notions of black raspberries, baked plums, and dried cranberries, followed by hints of dried Provence herbs, black olives, and fallen leaves. Light to medium-bodied, the palate has appealing purity and vivacity with red and black berry flavors sparked by herbal accents and textured with chewy tannins, finishing just a tad abruptly. The blend is 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 6% Petit Verdot, and 4% Cabernet Franc, with the inclusion of 14% press wine. It is aging in 35% new oak. This review is based on my third tasting, which was a fresher sample.
    drinking window 2026 - 2033
    date of review 05/2024
    92/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    Intense plum colour, this has lift and attractive leafy notes, full of character and carefully-shaped and extracted tannins, cassis fruits, black chocolate and liqourice. Old school in feel, finessed and not overly sleek, full of heart. 35% new oak, 43hl/ha yield.
    drinking window 2029 - 2042
    date of review 05/2024
    87-89/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2023 Cantemerle has an attractive nose that offers more fruit concentration than its peers, raspberry and crushed strawberry, light peppery notes. The palate has good body on the entry, but it doesn't quite possess phenolic ripeness right on the finish. Could this be subsumed during the élevage? A third sample verified a nagging, albeit slight vegetal aspect but let's see how it will show once in bottle.
    drinking window 2027 - 2040
    date of review 04/2024

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    Haut Médoc
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Cab Sauvignon Merlot
    abv:
    13%

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