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2016 Château Cantemerle, Haut-Médoc, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (52%),Merlot (39%),Cabernet Franc (5%),Petit Verdot (4%)
Ready - youthful
Jeb Dunnuck
88/100
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
89/100
Jane Anson MW
93/100
Jancis Robinson MW
15.5/20
Product: 20168004338
2016 Château Cantemerle, Haut-Médoc, Bordeaux

Description

This 2016 Cantemerle is a distinctly class act. The red and black fruit on the front of the palate has a rare level of detail and purity for this quality level. As always with Cantemerle, the oak framework is present, but agreeably sweet and fine. There is a depth to the fruit and tension to the structure, which makes this all the more impressive and enjoyable. When Cantemerle is on form like this, it is one of the most consistent and well-loved Clarets at its price-point. 

Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon 64%, Merlot 28%, Cabernet Franc 5%, Petit Verdot 3%

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2016
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (52%),Merlot (39%),Cabernet Franc (5%),Petit Verdot (4%)
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Château Cantemerle

Critics reviews

Jeb Dunnuck 88/100
The 2016 Château Cantemerle is a solid effort, yielding ample mulberry and black cherry fruit intermixed with notions of tobacco, cedarwood, and spring flowers. It’s not a blockbuster but has a perfumed, complex, medium-bodied style that’s a joy to drink. Enjoy it over the coming 10-15 years.Drink 2019 - 2034jeb_dunnuck, jebdunnuck.com (Feb 2019)
Drink 2019 - 2034
Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com (Feb 2019)
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 89/100
Medium garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Cantemerle offers up warm plums, black cherries and mulberries with an earth and bay leaves undercurrent. The palate is medium-bodied with just enough fruit and pleasantly chewy tannins, finishing with an herbal lift.Lisa Perrotti-Brown - 30/11/2018
Drink 2019 - 2034
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, (Nov 2018)
Jane Anson MW 93/100
For me this is easily one of their best ever wines, totally living up to its fifth growth billing. Lovely and juicy with excellent tension, really walking that line. Menthol, cassis and cedar are framed by well-wrought tannins that bring the whole thing together and lead onto a juicy finish. The blend of 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 4% Petit Verdot is aged in 40% new oak for 12 months, followed by a further four months in vats before bottling.Drinking Window 2027 - 2040 jane_anson_mw - Decanter.com - April 2017
Drink 2019 - 2034
Jane Anson MW, Decanter.com (Apr 2017)
Jancis Robinson MW 15.5/20
Light nose and a little dull overall. Lacks energy. Is this a tired sample? Drying. 15.5 (Drink 2022-2030). Second sample at UGC: Quite pungent with treacly notes on the nose. Fairly light and soulless - not to say a little fruitless. Green notes on the end. jancis_robinson_mw - 20th April 2017
Drink 2019 - 2034
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2017)

About this wine

Cabernet Sauvignon

The most famous red wine grape in the world and one of the most widely planted.
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Haut-Médoc

Haut-Médoc

Despite being as visually unprepossessing as the rest of the Médoc, this large red-wine appellation is home to some of the world’s greatest wines. Its 4,500 hectares of vineyards form a largely continuous strip that follows the Gironde from St Seurin-de-Cadourne to Blanquefort. All the great communes of the Left Bank fall within its boundaries: Margaux, St Julien, Pauillac and St Estèphe.
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Chateau Cantemerle

Ch. Cantemerle's woodland setting is amongst the most beautiful of any château in the Médoc. It is located in the far south of the region, almost on the outskirts of the city of Bordeaux. It is the first major property on the Médoc Route des Châteaux, north of Bordeaux. Cantemerle has 94 hectares of vineyards, planted with Cabernet Sauvignon (60%), Merlot (30%), Cabernet Franc (6%) and Petit Verdot (4%). The wines are made under the guidance of consultant oenologist, Eric Boissenot, undergoing 12 months' ageing in French oak, of which 40% is new. Cantemerle is a Cinquième Cru Classé, with approximately 400,000 bottles produced each year and a further 160,000 bottles of the property’s second wine, Les Allées de Cantemerle.
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