Château BRANE-CANTENAC 2019

Description

Jean-Marc Quarin 97 points www.quarin.com
Mis en bouteilles en juillet 2021. En octobre, le vin accusait le coup. En ce mois de janvier 2022, il devient de plus en plus royal. Grand nez intense, fin, fruité et pur. La bouche, gracieuse et subtile, fond, noble, complexe et délicate, avec beaucoup de classe dans le grain du tannin. Pour mémoire, il a été élevé en 100 % fûts neufs, comme les premiers crus du Médoc. Un détail qui change tout lorsque le vin le supporte !

Yves Beck 96 points www.yvesbeck.wine

Dégusté le 02.12.2021 par Yves Beck

70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, 1% Carménère, 1% Petit Verdot

Que de charme, d’intensité et de profondeur dans le bouquet de Brane-Cantenac ! Invitantes notes de fèves de cacao, de bois de réglisse, de myrtilles et, finalement, de nuances minérales. En résumé, c’est complexe ! Le charme et la finesse sont également omniprésents, comme Brane-Cantenac c’est si bien le faire ! Il est emballant, séduisant, convaincant. Que de sapidité, d’énergie et potentiel ! Je pense que l’on se régalera à tout moment avec ce vin.  2025-2044

Wie viel Charme, Intensität und Tiefe hat das Bouquet von Brane-Cantenac! Einladende Noten von Cacaobohnen, Süßholz, Blaubeeren und schließlich mineralische Nuancen. Kurz gesagt: komplex! Auch am Gaumen sind Charme und Finesse allgegenwärtig, wie Brane-Cantenac es so gut machen kann! Er ist packend, verführerisch, überzeugend. So viel Ausdruck, Energie und Potenzial! Ich denke, dass man diesen Wein jederzeit genießen wird.  2025-2044

Antonio Galloni 97 points www.vinous.com
The 2019 Brane-Cantenac is wild and exotic from the very first taste. The aromatics alone are dazzling. Super-ripe dark cherry, plum, spice, tobacco, new leather, menthol and cinnamon are all kicked up in this flamboyant Margaux. The 2019 is radiant and generous, yet also retains a very classic sense of structure. The precision here is just unreal. In 2019, Brane-Cantenac is an absolute head-turner. It is the sort of wine that abounds in Bordeaux, a wine that offers tremendous quality and relative value.

Neal Martin 95 points www.vinous.com
The 2019 Brane-Cantenac, which was bottled at the beginning of July 2021, takes time to open in the glass. As I mentioned in my tasting note from barrel, this vintage was matured entirely in new oak from several cooperages and inevitably the wood is still present aromatically, though it is completely simpatico with the fruit concentration that the growing season bestowed. (Previously the Grand Vin saw 70%–80% new oak.) The intense bouquet features blackberry, crushed rock, touches of crushed flowers and a hint of lavender. The palate is beautifully balanced with layers of red berry fruit, orange peel, cedar and just a touch of graphite. As I said in my previous assessment, it does not set out to be a powerful Brane-Cantenac, which means that it retains a fine elegance toward the finish and a touch of white pepper mixed with clove on the aftertaste. (Still) excellent. 14.1% alcohol

Jeb Dunnuck 93-95+ points www.jebdunnuck.com
The grand vin 2019 Château Brane-Cantenac takes it up a notch, revealing a deeper, saturated purple color, gorgeous notes of cassis, new leather, cedar pencil, and flowers, medium to full-bodied richness, and the elegance and purity that are the defining features of the vintage. It’s almost already hard to resist, with beautiful balance and purity, yet still has solid underlying tannins. Again, the balance here is brilliant.

Jane Anson 96 points  www.decanter.com (at Bordeaux, 20 May 2020)
A thoroughly moreish and high-quality Brane Cantenac, this is silky and seductive with impressive extraction of the tannins giving backbone and support to brambled and cassis fruits. Plenty of crushed stone and spice to add a gourmet edge alongside the just-smoked oak. Extremely high quality and one of the best Branes I’ve tasted at this stage. 3% of Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc complete the blend. For the first time, all of the plots for this wine come from the plateau de Brane just in front of the château, a reflection of how well this terroir withstood the heat of the summer. Drinking Window 2029 – 2046