Château CANTENAC BROWN 2022

Description

Yves Beck 96-98 points www.yvesbeck.wine

69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot

Cantenac-Brown se distingue par une exceptionnelle pluralité et par sa subtilité. D’une rare précision, le bouquet ne favorise aucun élément en particulier, il les laisse tous briller, tant au niveau fruité ou épicé qu’au niveau de la fraîcheur et de l’élevage. La logique affichée par le bouquet est parfaitement assumée et reprise par le palais. Ce dernier brille de son harmonie, de ses tannins fins et puissants et d’une acidité structurante qui assure la fraîcheur de la finale tandis qu’une fine amertume assure la persistance de la finale. Un vin qui se distingue par sa finesse, sa pertinence et qui a choisi une évidente voie axée sur l’élégance et la précision. Quelle magnifique réussite.  2028-2047

Jean-Marc Quarin 95 points www.quarin.com
Couleur rouge pourpre, aux reflets noirs. Très sombre. Beau nez intense, fin, fruité, pur, subtil et cette année délicatement suave. Minutieusement gras et aromatique dès l’entrée en bouche, avec un corps ample au milieu, le vin évolue puissant et juteux, avec une douceur veloutée remarquable. Finale aux tannins enrobés, auxquels succèdent des arômes de fruits noirs, sans jamais bloquer la salivation. C’est superbe !

Georgina Hindle 96 points  www.decanter.com
Juicy and lively, cool and crisp with concentrated but cool tannins that give the structure and density. It’s massy, full, upfront, but retains a charm in that nothing is harsh or austere or too spiced. It’s full but there’s something very captivating about this, has excitement and vibrancy and will be totally delicious and moreish when the time is right. Lovely acidity, beautiful red fruits, crisp and tense yet layered and ripe, mineral too. Gives you the emotion! Harvest 7-27 September. Ageing in French oak, 60% new, 40% one year old.

William Kelley 94-96 points www.erobertparker.com
A few years ago, this estate purchased 22 additional hectares in the heart of the plateau of Margaux, including old vine Cabernet Sauvignon that is now making an appreciable contribution to the blend, and that helps to explain why the 2022 Cantenac Brown is so good. Unwinding in the glass with notes of dark berries, plums, charcoal, pencil shavings and violets, it’s medium to full-bodied, rich and elegantly muscular, with a layered core, refined tannins and a penetrating finish. The finest wine that José Sanfins has produced to date, the 2022 only improved during the several weeks I spent in Bordeaux. It’s a blend of 69% Cabernet Sauvignon and 31% Merlot.

Neal Martin 94-96 www.vinous.com
The 2022 Cantenac Brown has an elegant nose, showing pure black cherry, wild strawberry, blackcurrant pastilles and cedar aromas. I appreciate the mineralité here. The palate is medium-bodied with supple but firm tannins, nicely structured. There’s a crescendo of fruit toward the mineral-driven finish. Cohesive and full of character, this is another superb Margaux from an estate in the ascendant under winemaker José Sanfins.

Jeb Dunnuck 93-95 points www.jebdunnuck.com
The dense purple-hued 2022 Château Cantenac Brown is based on 69% Cabernet Sauvignon and 31% Merlot. A beautiful Margaux, it offers lots of smoky red and black fruits intermixed with violets, graphite, and lead pencil-like nuances. With medium to full-bodied richness, a vibrant spine of acidity, and nicely integrated tannins, it plays in the more focused, elegant, pretty end of the spectrum. It’s going to reward a solid 5-7 years of bottle age.