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Il vino
- Colore
- Rosso
- Alcol
- 13.5% vol
Punteggi della critica
- Robert Parker / Wine Advocate 96-98
The 2016 Brane-Cantenac is a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc and 1% Carmenere picked from 22 September until 17 October (the tiny parcel of Carmenere picked three days later). The yields came in at 51 hectoliters per hectare and it is matured in 75% new oak and 25% one-year-old barrels, the final alcohol level 13.3%. It has a beautifully defined, very detailed bouquet with mineral-rich black fruit laced with cedar and graphite notes, living up to its nom de plume as the "Pauillac of Margaux." The palate is simply the best that I have ever tasted at the estate, without question. This has presence, but also weightlessness, filigree tannin and perfectly pitched acidity, with real intensity and drive. The tension here is outstanding and the persistence is incredibly long. It is not the showiest of all the 2016s by a long stretch, and yet it is everything you could possibly want from a Margaux. Like Beychevelle this year, the 2016 Brane-Cantenac puts recent vintages in the shade, thanks not only to the growing season, but also a new punching down system in their gravity-fed winery that was completed in 2015. The 2016 is a benchmark against which future vintages will be compared.
- Wine Spectator 90-93
Shows a coffee edge, along with tobacco and bay notes that meld steadily into the core of steeped plum and black cherry fruit. The fleshy finish lets the bay element take an encore. A touch old-school.—J.M.
- James Suckling 96
So much ripe and sweet tobacco on the nose with currant and blackberry character. Full body, intense tannins with density and beauty. It’s a wine with great structure and panache for this estate. Try after 2024.
- Vinous 96
Neal Martin: The 2016 Brane-Cantenac has been on a roll of late, under the watchful eye of Henri Lurton. This latest bottled vintage is superb. The divine, pure blackberry and bilberry bouquet develops touches of graphite in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, silky-smooth texture and a superb bead of acidity. This is not a powerful Brane-Cantenac, and it is perhaps less austere than I suspected en primeur, but it should drink beautifully over the next three decades. If you have a penchant for traditional claret, it really doesn’t come better than this.
Il produttore: Château Brane Cantenac
Nel cuore della denominazione Margaux si trova uno degli Château più apprezzati di Bordeaux, Château Brane-Cantenac. Situato a ovest del paese di Cantenac, lo Château deve il proprio nome non solo alla sua posizione ma anche al "Napoleone dei vigneti", il Barone di Brane, che fondò la tenuta nel 1833. Dagli anni Venti lo Château appartiene alla famiglia Lurton. Henri Lurton prosegue la ricerca dell'eccellenza iniziata dalla sua famiglia dal 1992. Con una mentalità più innovativa, Henri ha investito molto nella cuverie e nel chai della tenuta e ha modernizzato le pratiche viticole. Una percentuale crescente dei vigneti viene coltivata biologicamente seguendo gli esperimenti in corso. Oggi il vigneto di 75 ettari produce vini Deuxième Cru Classé con l'eleganza di un classico Margaux. Château Brane-Cantenac produce un Grand Vin concentrato e leggermente barricato chiamato Brane-Cantenac, un assemblaggio delizioso di Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot e Cabernet Franc.