Chateau Cantemerle 2009
SKU:
SGD 103.00
SGD 103.00
per item
Vintage: 2009
Region: Bordeaux, France
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon (49%), Merlot (38%), Petit Verdot (7%), Cabernet Franc (6%)
Appellation: Haut-Medoc, France
Type: Red
Drinking Window: 2015-2040
Alcohol content: 13%
Scores (if you care about): 95/100, James Suckling;
91+/100 Robert Parker Jr, Robert Parker
Tasting notes and Review
"Gorgeous ripe fruit character, with loads of blueberries, blackberries and flowers. Full body, with velvety tannins and a fruity, fresh, grapefruit aftertaste. Really beautiful. Best ever from here. Best after 2018." - 95/100, James Suckling, Mar 2012
"Readers looking for the more ethereal, elegant side of Bordeaux need search no further than Cantemerle, one of the estates in the very southern end of the Medoc. Dense ruby/purple (nearly opaque), this wine offers up notes of lead pencil shavings, spring flowers, raspberries and black cherries. The wine is ethereal, medium-bodied, and by no means a blockbuster, but long and intellectual. However, the tannins are present, and the wine is certainly capable of putting on weight with time in the bottle. Give it 3-4 years of bottle age and drink it over the following 25+ years." - 91+/100, Robert Parker Jr, RobertParker.com, Dec 2011
"Gorgeous ripe fruit character, with loads of blueberries, blackberries and flowers. Full body, with velvety tannins and a fruity, fresh, grapefruit aftertaste. Really beautiful. Best ever from here. Best after 2018." - 95/100, James Suckling, Mar 2012
"Readers looking for the more ethereal, elegant side of Bordeaux need search no further than Cantemerle, one of the estates in the very southern end of the Medoc. Dense ruby/purple (nearly opaque), this wine offers up notes of lead pencil shavings, spring flowers, raspberries and black cherries. The wine is ethereal, medium-bodied, and by no means a blockbuster, but long and intellectual. However, the tannins are present, and the wine is certainly capable of putting on weight with time in the bottle. Give it 3-4 years of bottle age and drink it over the following 25+ years." - 91+/100, Robert Parker Jr, RobertParker.com, Dec 2011