Château Roc de Cambes

Château Roc de Cambes, Cotes de Bourg, 2022

Name: Château Roc de Cambes, Cotes de Bourg
Brand: Château Roc de Cambes
Price: 416.74 GBP

92-94/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

93/100

The Wine Independent

93/100

Vinous

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2022
6x75cl
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£416.74

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

The Roc de Cambes hails from the clay, limestone soils above the Domaine de Cambes vineyard and always produces a denser more concentrated wine. It often matches its more exclusive partner, Tertre Roteboeuf, although in 2022, the Tertre clearly has the edge. Initially quite funky with degraded fruit, Kirsch, coconut and a certan leesiness. The palate is decadent with super ripe black plum, creme de cassis and some green hedgerow fruit. Quite marked by wood at this early stage. Finishes with grippy tannins laced with spices.

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Critic Reviews

93/100

Chris Kissack,

The Wine Independent

The grand vin from this Mitjavile estate opens with a fairly classic nose of liquorice-dressed black fruits and toasty, smouldering oak, cut through by a vein of reduction. There is a charming integration and polish to the palate, giving it a silky, seductive weight, with a fine wrapping of powdery and toasted tannins, with a peppery, spicy edge. A fine Roc de Cambes here;the alcohol does sit on the high side, although to be fair there is no heat on the palate at all. The alcohol on the label is 15%.

drinking window 2027 - 2045

date of review 06/2025

93/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2022 Roc de Cambes remains perfumed and sensual on the nose with black cherries, peony and iris flower alongside a hint of cassis that blossoms in the glass. This has wonderful delineation. The medium-bodied palate has grainy tannins and comes across slightly more toasty than the Domaine des Cambes, leading to a tensile finish of black pepper, sage and graphite. This is the most linear and Left-Bank-fashioned cuvée from the Mitjavile family this year, and it has bags of potential.

drinking window 2030 - 2055

date of review 02/2025

92-94/100

William Kelley,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Mingling aromas of sweet cherries and cassis with notions of licorice, espresso roast and spices, the 2022 Roc de Cambes is medium to full-bodied, layered and concentrated, with a broad-shouldered profile, framed by powdery tannins, and concluding with a chalky finish. This is always the most structured wine in the Mitjaville portfolio.

date of review 04/2023

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Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

Côtes de Bourg

Producer:

Château Roc de Cambes

style:

Red Wine

Grape Variety:

Merlot Cabernet

abv:

13.5%

allergen information

This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.