Château Brane-Cantenac - Margaux 2018 (750ml)
Price: $88.00
| Producer | Château Brane-Cantenac |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Margaux |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Sku | 9350 |
| Size | 750ml |
Jeb Dunnuck: 95+ Points
A quintessential Margaux as well as one of the finest wines I've tasted from this estate the 2018 Château Brane-Cantenac is based on 74% Cabernet Sauvignon 23% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot all aged in 70% new French oak. Beautiful cassis and mulberry fruits as well as notes of leafy tobacco spice cedarwood and spring flowers emerge from the glass. Medium to full-bodied beautifully balanced and elegant it has loads of fruit a seamless texture and a good spine of acidity. Give bottles 4-5 years and enjoy over t
James Suckling: 95 Points
Aromas of mushroom meat bark and iodine with blackberries and blackcurrants following through to a full body with firm creamy tannins that give structure and form to the wine. Tight on the finish. Long and persistent with presence. Drink after 2025.
vThe Wine Independent: 95 Points
Brane-Cantenac 2018 is deep garnet purple in color. It offers a perfumed nose of lilacs and spice box over a core of warm cassis preserved plums and forest floor with a hint of crushed rocks. Full-bodied rich and with wonderfully velvety tannins it has a lively backbone and a very long mineral-tinged finish.
Vinous: 95 Points
The 2018 Brane-Cantenac opens with a super-classic bouquet of dried herbs pencil shavings licorice and mint. Medium in body and wonderfully nuanced Brane-Cantenac marries the natural richness of the year with a classic structural feel. This is one of the most elegant restrained 2018s readers will come across. I loved it. - By Antonio Galloni on March 2021
Decanter: 95 Points
Deep and generous blackberry fruits and rich chocolate there is good balance here with depth and interest and a ton of flavour. Really good stuff with juice and a drive forward through the palate. 1% Petit Verdot makes up the blend - there was no Carmenère in the grand vin in 2018. A yield of 45hl/ha. 70% new oak. 11/20
Jane Anson: 95 Points
Generous yet balanced plenty to sink your teeth into here this is a Brane Cantenac that knows exactly where it is going and that has kept a Margaux effortlessness even in the heat and drought of the summer. You feel the warmth in telltale sweetness of the fruits - blackberry puree cassis fruit pastilles plenty of bitter black chocolate and liqourice but it never loses its juice and keeps momentum through the palate. No Carmenère in the blend in this vintage. 45hl/ha yield. 70% new oak. Harvest from 17 September to 11 October.
