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Cantemerle 2009 75cl

5eme Grand Cru Classé | Haut Médoc | Bordeaux | France
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Critics scores
95 James Suckling
Gorgeous ripe fruit character, with loads of blueberries, blackberries and flowers. Full body, with velvety tannins and a fruity, fresh, grapefruit aftertaste. Really beautiful. Best ever from here. Best after 2018.
18 Rene Gabriel
Sattes Purpur-Granat, dicht in der Mitte, lila Schimmer aussen. Erhabenes Bouquet, reife, schwarze Fruchtnoten, darunter Pflaumen, floraler Schimmer von reifem Cabernet. Im Gaumen Souplesse, Fülle und Eleganz, noch fein aufrauend im sehr konzentrierten Extrakt, im Finale warmer Malagatouch. Ist hier ein Wunder geschehen? Einen so guten Cantemerle gab es sein Jahrzehnten nicht mehr! warten (2016 - 2031)
18 Rene Gabriel
Sattes Purpur-Granat, dicht in der Mitte, lila Schimmer aussen. Erhabenes Bouquet, reife, schwarze Fruchtnoten, darunter Pflaumen, floraler Schimmer von reifem Cabernet. Im Gaumen Souplesse, Fülle und Eleganz, noch fein aufrauend im sehr konzentrierten Extrakt, im Finale warmer Malagatouch. Ist hier ein Wunder geschehen? Einen so guten Cantemerle gab es sein Jahrzehnten nicht mehr! warten (2016 - 2031)
91 Robert Parker
Readers looking for the more ethereal, elegant side of Bordeaux need search no further than Cantemerle, one of the estates in the very southern end of the Medoc. Dense ruby/purple (nearly opaque), this wine offers up notes of lead pencil shavings, spring flowers, raspberries and black cherries. The wine is ethereal, medium-bodied, and by no means a blockbuster, but long and intellectual. However, the tannins are present, and the wine is certainly capable of putting on weight with time in the bottle. Give it 3-4 years of bottle age and drink it over the following 25+ years.
91 Wine Spectator
This broad, fleshy style delivers toasty spice and tobacco notes up front, followed by dark cocoa, crushed plum and mulled blackberry fruit flavors. This really stretches out nicely in the glass, with alluring dark fruit and a velvety feel. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. Drink now through 2017. 33,330 cases made. –JM
91 Wine Spectator
This broad, fleshy style delivers toasty spice and tobacco notes up front, followed by dark cocoa, crushed plum and mulled blackberry fruit flavors. This really stretches out nicely in the glass, with alluring dark fruit and a velvety feel. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. Drink now through 2017. 33,330 cases made. –JM
Producer
Château Cantemerle
Thanks to their unique terroir towards the southern end of the Médoc, Château Cantemerle produces complex, balanced wines that earned them the Grand Cru Classè title in the famous 1855 classification. The 87-hectare estate is planted with an amalgamate of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon which is quite unusual for the Left Bank, and a surprising 40% Merlot, with the remaining 10% split between Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. Passing through several owners, the property has landed in the hands of a mutual insurance company, Groupe SMABTP in the early 1980s. Due to their unrivaled financial status, the group heavily invested into the property, completely expanding, renovating, restructuring the winery, and replanting the vineyard. As their improvements continue to accrue, their production has continued to grow and become more valuable. The estate continues to produce high-quality, rich and vibrantly dark-fruited wines. Médoc at its best.