Château Brane-Cantenac - Margaux 2011 (750ml)
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
