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Cantenac Brown 1990 1800cl

3eme Grand Cru Classé | Margaux | Bordeaux | France
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1990
Critics scores
93 By Wine Spectator
93 By Wine Spectator
17 By Rene Gabriel
17 By Rene Gabriel
87 By Robert Parker
87 By Robert Parker
Blockbuster. Very dark ruby color. Wonderful ripe berry, currant and floral aromas. Full-bodied, with a dense fruit structure and loads of tannins. This is very young.--1990 Bordeaux retrospective. Best after 2006. 15,000 cases made. ?JS
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Château Cantenac-Brown
John Lewis Brown, an animal painter from Scotland, purchased this vineyard in the early 19th century and commissioned the construction of a Tudor-style château. A bon vivant, he soon acquired a reputation for hospitality thanks to the brilliant celebrations he hosted at his château. He sold the estate in 1843 to a banker named Gromard who was the owner in 1855 when Cantenac Brown was included among the third growths in the famous classification of Médoc wines. One hundred fifty years later, the Simon Halabi family have given a new impetus to the estate, which they are determined to raise to the very highest level. Winegrowing methods have been changed accordingly. Work in the vineyard has become much more respectful of the environment and yields are kept quite low. A return to more natural practices at Cantenac Brown includes ploughing to enhance the vineyard's intrinsic physical, chemical, and biological properties.