Château Roc de Cambes

Domaine de Cambes, Bordeaux, 2022

Name: Domaine de Cambes, Bordeaux
Brand: Château Roc de Cambes
Price: 296.74 GBP

90-92/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

89/100

The Wine Independent

91/100

Vinous

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2022
6x75cl
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£296.74

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

A classic Domaine de Cambes, in that it's probably the most unique wine in all of Bordeaux, but what else would you expect? Made from the slopes closest to the river, below the Roc de Cambes vineyard, there is a tell-tale bouquet of degraded fruits, mocha, plums, spices and brioche. On the palate there is ample sweet fruit, suggestions of coulis; it feels quite decadent and tender whilst also showing some vibrancy. Overall, it is a pretty cohesive Domaine de Cambes. If you like the Mitjavile style, this will give plenty of pleasure.

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

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Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is audited by PwC every year.

Critic Reviews

89/100

Chris Kissack,

The Wine Independent

The wine from the lower parts of the Roc de Cambes vineyard opens with spiced blackberry and toasted oak. The palate feels light and juicy, albeit with dark fruit, toasty oak, charcoal and rose petal tobacco at its heart, as well as a rich ribbon of ripe and well-knit tannins underneath, which leaves a weighty tannic grip on the palate for length. This should be drinking well just a few years from now. The alcohol on the label is 15%.

drinking window 2026 - 2040

date of review 06/2025

91/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2022 Domaine des Cambes showcases impressive purity of fruit on the nose with scents of black cherry, crushed violet and hints of iodine. It's very perfumed with neatly integrated oak. The palate is lithe and pure, not far from the Côte de Nuits in terms of fruit profile, with a touch of black pepper and graphite toward the finish. This is very fine.

drinking window 2028 - 2040

date of review 02/2025

90-92/100

William Kelley,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Offering up aromas of dark berries, berries, espresso roast and toasty oak, the 2022 Domaine de Cambes is medium to full-bodied, layered, fleshy and concentrated, with a sweet core of fruit and a saline finish. It's produced from vines growing on deep, cool clays on the foggy bank of the Gironde and is always more giving than the firmer, more structured Roc de Cambes from higher-altitude clay-limestone soils.

date of review 04/2023

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Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

Bordeaux

Producer:

Château Roc de Cambes

style:

Red Wine

Grape Variety:

Merlot Cabernet

abv:

13%

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.