Cantemerle 2005

Cantemerle 2005

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  • Jane Anson rating 93
  • Robert Parker rating 89
  • Jancis Robinson rating 89
  • Vinous rating 88
Cantemerle 2005
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HED56509

75 cl

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£60.00
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The 2005 release from Haut-Médoc property, Château Cantemerle, is classically firm and structured on the palate, but delivers admirable finesse and abundant waves of sweet black fruits, spices, liquorice, roasted herbs and tobacco. This is quintessential Left Bank Bordeaux made mostly from Cabernet Sauvignon with lesser parts Merlot and Cabernet Franc and is now perfectly in its prime drinking window but may well yet develop further over the next 5-10 years.
93 Jane Anson
This 2005 is really coming into its own, with soft, welcoming rose bud, chalk, bilberry, cocoa bean and tobacco. The tannins remain well structured, and you can see the muscles that kept this pretty closed for the first decade. Ready to drink, but it will continue to soften further over the next few years before fully reaching its drinking window. Philippe Dambrine estate director (arrived 1993). Eric Boissenot's first vintage as consultant, replacing Georges Pauli. 50% new oak for ageing, light fining but no filtration before bottling. Suggest a good three hours in a carafe before drinking.Jane Anson26th March 2025
89 Jancis Robinson
A young, slightly tannic, somewhat austere but well-made, finesse style of Médoc, the 2005 Cantemerle displays a dark ruby/purple color followed by notes of forest floor, underbrush, cedar wood, and raspberry and blackcurrant fruit. Anticipated maturity: 2017-2030. Robert Parker29th June 2015
88 Vinous
Good medium ruby . Reticent aromas of black cherry and licorice. Bright, tight and high-pitched, with very fresh flavors of dark fruits and flowers currently dominated by firm tannic spine. A bit youthfully tough and in need of at least several years of cellaring.Stephen Tanzer1st May 2008

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