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• Thad Likes this wine: 93 points

  April 1, 2024 - What a great experience

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• Burgundy Al wrote: 81 points

  April 29, 2023 - Caberent Based Lunch (Schur House - Riverwoods IL): Small glass tasted blind. There is a bit of flesh left, but lean most of the way through. Tired.

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• Vinumming & Ahhing Likes this wine: 94 points

  December 3, 2022 - It has a nose of smoke, hung venison, redcurrants and a subtle Turkish delight box. There is a little tomato leaf pungency too and a whiff of mahogany dresser. Palate is compact but all in proportion with good breadth and just the right amount of acidity. There is a beguiling spicy richness a sweet tertiary / forest floor character that goes on and on. Such a good vintage.

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• Wine Canuck wrote: 94 points

  June 19, 2021 - From a pristine looking bottle with a saturated cork with mould on the top. The nose is wildly complex, traditional bordeaux from the get go showing wet cigar tobacco, mossy undergrowth, dark cherry, pipe tobacco, caramel tinged espresso, plum, celery seed, a touch of dried mint, and black currants. Just a flat out blockbuster bordeaux nose that you could spend a whole evening smelling and enjoying. The palate is on the lighter side of things entering on bright sweet red fruit with no tannin to speak of and a somewhat green tobacco tinged finish that is clipped just a little short. All in all we have a beautifully in-tact old school bordeaux, with a stunningly complex nose and a palate that is good but leaves something to be desired.

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• rmcnees wrote: 88 points

  February 8, 2021 - Still holding on at thirty-five years, a testament to the ageworthiness of Bordeaux, still somewhat elegant, dark garnet colored with edges of brown starting to set in, medium bodied, the blackberry and black cherry fruits are giving way to non-fruit notes of bacon fat, cigar box, tobacco with hints of leather, tar and earth with subtle tannins on the moderate finish.
  
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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1985
• Type Red
• Producer Château Cantemerle
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Médoc
• Appellation Haut-Médoc

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• In Cellars 134 (60%)
• Consumed 91 (40%)

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