Château Cantenac Brown, 3ème Cru Classé, Margaux, 2005
There is a lovely berry fruit character to this Margaux, still replete with lashings of black cherry, blackcurrant and cranberry. There is a sweetness to the fruit but it is contoured by sculpted tannins from this stellar vintage. The tertiary flavours are just starting to blossom with notes of graphite, leather, wild herbs, dusky forest floor and ceps.
critic reviews
The 2005 Cantenac Brown is another vintage that I have not tasted for a number of years. It is very pure on the nose with copious blackberry and raspberry scents, sous-bois and just a hint of cough candy. This is evolving nicely. The palate is well balanced with mellowing tannins that frame the minty black fruit, spicebox and (again) just that hint of menthol that enlivens the finish. This is an excellent Margaux, drinking perfectly now, but it has the substance to last 20 years, possibly more. Excellent. Tasted at the Cantenac Brown vertical at the château.