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Chateau Cantemerle Haut-Medoc 2022

$3899

One of Bordeaux's oldest châteaux—with documented lineage to the 12th century—Cantemerle is a Cinquième Cru Classé that punches above its classification. The 2022 blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, and Cabernet Franc explodes with sweet blackberries, violets, rose petals, and spices. Medium to full-bodied with enveloping, perfumed fruit and supple tannin, it's built to age into the 2030s—a complete, elegant expression of Left Bank Bordeaux.

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Antonio Galloni

90 points

"The 2022 Cantemerle presents a relatively light but defined nose with notes of blackberry, wild hedgerow and a touch of undergrowth emerging with aeration. The medium-bodied palate features chewy tannins on the entry and a bit of rusticity, yet it offers a pleasant, lightly spiced finish." —Neal Martin

Robert Parker

92 points

"The 2022 Cantemerle offers up attractive aromas of minty blackberries, blueberries and licorice, followed by a medium to full-bodied, broad and ample palate that's layered and textural, with a rich core of fruit largely concealing plenty of youthfully firm structuring tannin. A blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and 5% Cabernet Franc, this is a strong effort for this estate, situated on fine gravel soils in the southern Médoc." —William Kelley

Jancis Robinson

16.5 points

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

Decanter

94 points

"Clean and clear, immediately quite sleek and focused on the palate. Ripe and round but maintains direction from start to finish with succulence and supple fruit. Very lovely and very drinkable, clean and clear with balance and harmony. Dark fruit, cool freshness, mouthwatering acidity, slight graphite and flint touches and really well worked tannins. Impressive. Will be very enjoyable and easy to drink."

More about Chateau Cantemerle

Every wine professional has an "Epiphany Bottle"—the single wine that flicked the switch from "this is a nice beverage" to "I need to dedicate my life to this." For one of the founding partners of Flatiron Wines (Jeff), that bottle was Château Cantemerle 1989. He drank it nearly 30 years ago, and he still talks about it today (and even occasionally manages to find a pristine bottle to drink).

Although not nearly as fancy as a First Growth, that bottle nonetheless seemed like an expensive indulgence to Jeff back in the 1990s. And here’s the amazing thing: 30 years later, you can buy recent, top vintages of Cantemerle for exactly the same price that he paid way back when.

Cantemerle’s secret is geography. It is labeled Haut-Médoc, and if you look at the Bordeaux map, you will see that the Haut-Médoc is mostly an appellation that extends north of St-Estèphe up towards the mouth of the Gironde. But that is not where Cantemerle is located. A tiny strip of the appellation runs alongside the great villages of the southern Médoc, and it turns out that Cantemerle sits right on the border with Margaux. It has the same deep, fine gravels that define its famous neighbor, and those soils produce the same floral, silky, and intensely aromatic wines.

Since Jeff’s epiphany bottle, Cantemerle has remained true to itself. While many châteaux spent the 2000s chasing scores with high extraction and new oak, Cantemerle stayed the course. This is an old school claret. It is never overly polished or flashy. It relies on charm, fresh acidity, and savory complexity rather than sheer power.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Cabernet Sauvignon , Merlot , Other Regional Grapes , Red Blend

  • Vintage

    2022

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

  • Style

    Earthy , Elegant , Minerally

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Full Bodied

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