2022 Château Cantemerle, Haut-Médoc, Bordeaux

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Description

There is something a little extra about Cantemerle this year. It has been on a good trajectory over recent vintages, and this feels very complete. The pH is at 3.6, yields are quite low and alcohol is 13.5%; it has the shape of a “normal” vintage with good concentration. There is a generous ripeness which converts into a smooth entry. On the palate, black fruit and floral textures are generous and appealing. The tannins are well-integrated, dusty and accessible. This offers plenty of pleasure.

Drink 2027 - 2040

Score: 16/20

Berry Bros. & Rudd (April 2023)

Colour Red

Sweetness Dry

Vintage 2022

Alcohol % 13.5%

Maturity Not ready (2028 - 2049)

Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (70%), Merlot (20%), Cabernet Franc (5%), Petit Verdot (5%)

Body Medium Bodied

Producer Château Cantemerle

Critics reviews

James Lawther MW 16.5/20

70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 5% Petit Verdot. Cask sample.

Fragrant and floral. Fresh with a filigree finesse of tannin. Appetising fruit. Clean and long. Gentle hand on the tiller but deceptively structured all the same. Harmonious.

Drink 2028 – 2040

James Lawther MW, JancisRobinson.com (May 2023)

William Kelley 92-94/100

The finest wine this estate has produced in some time is the 2022 Cantemerle, a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and 5% Cabernet Franc that bursts from the glass with aromas of sweet blackberries, violets, rose petals and spices.

Medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy, with an enveloping core of sweet, perfumed fruit framed by supple tannin, it concludes with a long, mouthwatering finish. The pH is a very healthy 3.6 this year, and yields were low at 29 hectoliters per hectare.

William Kelley, Wine Advocate (Apr 2023)

James Suckling 93-94/100

Currants, blackberries and hints of bark and forest floor. Medium-bodied with creamy tannins and a flavorful finish. Pretty balance to this.

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Apr 2023)

Jane Anson 93/100

Intense in both colour and structure, a wine that knows how to make an impact, and it is carrying itself with confidence. Impressive, full of nuanced cassis and bilberry fruit, with liquorice and smoked earth, hints of richly spiced vanilla patisserie cream showing the ripeness of the vintage. This is good, a little abrupt on the finish with a bitter almond kick. Tight tannins at this point. 40% new oak for ageing.

Jane Anson, JaneAnson.com (May 2023)

About this wine

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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