Château Brane-Cantenac - Margaux 2011 (750ml)

 
WA
91
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93
JS
92
TWI
91

Price: $89.00

Producer Château Brane-Cantenac
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Subregion Margaux
Varietal Bordeaux Blend
Vintage 2011
Sku 9348
Size 750ml

Decanter: 93 Points

Deep plum in colour lovely silky texture to the fruit black pepper and rosemary spice again you find the touches of a dry vintage in the fruit character but well balanced with fresh mint and liquorice root. Concentrated austere with promise. Give a good two to three hours in a carafe if drinking over the next few years but this is good quality. 0.5% Carmenere completes the blend. 42% of overall harvest second year of optical sorting at the estate. - Jane Anson 02/21

James Suckling: 92 Points

There is a beautiful clarity of fruit to this wine with cherries raspberries and flowers on the nose and palate. Full body fine tannins and a fresh finish. Crisp and delicious. Extremely well done for the vintage. Try in 2018.

The Wine Independent: 91 Points

Made from 56% Cabernet Sauvignon 37% Merlot 6% Cabernet Franc and 1% Carmenere the 2011 Brane-Cantenac is deep garnet colored. It offers suggestions of dusty soil dried herbs and pencil shavings with a core of dried red and black currants and stewed tea. Medium-bodied chewy and with a refreshing line it has a slightly rustic character with a lifted finish.

Wine Advocate: 91 Points

Tasted at the Brane-Cantenac vertical at the château the 2011 Brane-Cantenac is a blend of 37% Merlot 6% Cabernet Franc 56.5% Cabernet Sauvignon and a pinch of Carmenère. It has a more attractive bouquet than the 2012 demonstrating more complexity and fruit intensity: blackberry and raspberry a touch of cedar and tobacco thrown into the mix. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin the oak beautifully interwoven into the brambly red berry fruit gently building with a hint of spice and dry tobacco on the finish. There is just a tad more substance than the 2012 yet it remains elegant and given the vintage it is sophisticated compared to others this vintage. Tasted April 2015. Published: Dec 30 2016

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