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2000 Château Cantemerle

Red Bordeaux Blend

  • France
  • Bordeaux
  • Médoc
  • Haut-Médoc
Drink between 2008 - 2017 (Edit)
CT89.9 565 reviews

Community Tasting Notes 453

  • up4wine wrote: 91 points

    March 20, 2024 - An oldie, but a goodie. A bit of green that blew off and a little of the earthy and smokey I generally associate with Cantemerle.

  • Montesquieu Likes this wine: 93 points

    January 25, 2024 - This bottle was lovely. 60 minute decant. Beautiful soft tertiary fungal flavors and farmyard smells. Seemed to be at a peak. I drank through a half case of this vintage years ago, and it was never this great in its youthful primary phase. If you've kept bottles this long, I hope you strike magic like we did tonight.

    1 person found this helpful Comment
  • Araldinho Likes this wine: 88 points

    January 13, 2024 - Medium deep brick red.
    Aromas of cedar, blackcurrant jam, ripe plum, tobacco, scorched earth and mint.
    Dry sanded tannins. Blackcurrant acids and black tea bitterness.
    Palate of cassis, sloe, leather, cloves, cardamom, black pepper, black coffee and autumn leaf.
    A rather mature, rustic and one-dimensional medoc with fading black fruit, coffee and peppery aromas and a tight, slightly dry finish. Drink within 3 years. Tasted 2024.
    Tasted alongside Tignanello 1995 and the matched wine was vital, complex and more generous than the present wine.

    1 person found this helpful Comment
  • The Wine Monkeys Likes this wine: 91 points

    October 27, 2023 - Funk. Barnyard and more funk. For the first hour it just lingered. Pretty tight and tannic upon opening with the fruit being very reluctant to reveal itself.

    Poured a 1/2 glass, aerated and decanted the rest. At around the 1 hour mark, the funk was gone, revealing clean earth, mushroom, and green pepper on the nose. The palate showed tart red cherry, spice, excellent structure, round and integrated tannins, and full-body. Definitely give this some time. Highly recommend a decant to let it unfold.

    3 people found this helpful Comment
  • Dale M wrote: 91 points

    October 20, 2023 - P&P. While not the most profound Bord that has past my way lately, it could well be the most relaxed and comfy claret in recent memory. Mature, but still with crisp acidity and gentle, caressing cassis fruit, lots damp soil, great balance and precision. Perfect with one pot sage stuffing and chicken thighs.

    3 people found this helpful Comment
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The WINEFRONT

  • By Gary Walsh
    5/12/2014 (link)

    (Chateau Cantemerle) Subscribe to see review text.

JancisRobinson.com

  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    5/6/2009 (link)

    (Ch Cantemerle Haut-Médoc Red) Subscribe to see review text.

Winedoctor

  • By Chris Kissack
    November 2005 (link)

    (Chateau Cantemerle Haut-Médoc) Subscribe to see review text.

JancisRobinson.com

  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    10/16/2003 (link)

    (Ch Cantemerle Haut-Médoc Red) Subscribe to see review text.

  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    12/14/2002 (link)

    (Ch Cantemerle Haut-Médoc Red) Subscribe to see review text.

Vinous

  • By Stephen Tanzer
    May/June 2001, IWC Issue #96 (link)

    (Chateau Cantemerle Haut Medoc) Subscribe to see review text.

RJonWine.com

  • By Richard Jennings
    8/15/2003 (link) 88 points

    (Château Cantemerle) Beefy, vegetal nose; herbaceous, tart cherry palate; medium finish

Wine Definition

  • Vintage 2000
  • Type Red
  • Producer Château Cantemerle
  • Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
  • Designation n/a
  • Vineyard n/a
  • Country France
  • Region Bordeaux
  • SubRegion Médoc
  • Appellation Haut-Médoc
  • UPC Codes 055244007506, 071570013059, 087000327900, 088156022091, 3453521192360, 3700274113990, 400007407121, 5400115241001, 675637245003

Community Holdings

  • Pending Delivery 151 (2%)
  • In Cellars 5,059 (53%)
  • Consumed 4,415 (46%)

Food Pairing

Community Recommendations

Beef, Cornish hen, Lamb, red deer sauce bleuets passé son apogée, roast chicken

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98% Like It  129 votes

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