2011 Château Cantemerle
Community Tasting Note
Fine wine Lad wrote:
Sunday, February 21, 2021 - Decanted for a 1hr.
The wine is clear, looks dark purple almost black in colour. The legs are long. There is a small amount sediment in the bottle.
On the nose: Wood, leather, tobacco, some fruit near the end with citrus apple and pear.
On the palate: wood, damp bark, leather, wet leaves, some cassis and dark cherry flavours.
The body is medium.
The wine has coarse texture.
The wine finishes medium.
The wine has crisp acidity.
The wine has high level of very dry Tannin.
Conclusion
Very Austere with very dry tannins and crisp acidity.
Not much fruit but a lot of wood, tobacco and savoury flavours, some fruit right at the end.
The sweetness tries to come through but pushed back by the dry tannin.
I think some more time in the cellar or at the very least a longer decant is needed to help balance the wine.
Still enjoyable with spicy Thai food that suited the acidity and grippy tannin.
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