A bit thin initially but opened up nicely after 2 hours decant. Brownish brick along the rim but still deep red core colour. Leather. Well balanced. Medium length. Not too complex or concentrated but enjoyable to drink. Drink up.
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Stood up for 24h then decanted off sediment, which wasn't huge. Initially some funk which blew off. Took about 1.5h for that wine to come together. Now 3.5h after decant. Nice aromas of cassis and currants mixes with leather, cedar, old book mustiness(a good thing!), bark and a hint of dark caramel. Palate w tart currants, cassis, leather, cedar and bark. Elegant, light-med body with excellent acids and faint tannins. Lacks some concentration and depth and not that complex for me. Plenty of fruit but it is starting to dry out and become more tart. Still delicious thought. All in all, a fully mature and very nice wine which is probably on the other side of its peak and on a gentle downslope. Frankly, the wine more than met my expectations.
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She lives on! Very mellow and no birds. Not complicated, PnP. but all there. Gently thinning, but structure and finish still there. Nose peng. Wanted an aged claret to go with some roast leg saged pork. Perfect.
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Wow, 7 years from my previous bottle, and this doesn't seem to have declined at all! Yes it is very tertiary and definitely for drinking now, but it's a beautifully complete mature claret, everything in place and just a warm mellow feeling as the finish gently fades.
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Pop and pour. Rusty rim. Immediate gorgeous aromas. Bell pepper, worn leather plums and candied orange. Pretty palate with great texture and a smooth long finish. This is in a really great spot. Textbook Bordeaux.
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Opened rested and served. 1990 delivers at this level of pedigree for those who like us love soft and well evolved classic claret. Well matured, very earthy, leathery wine and a joy to cross paths with it. Very pretty. 91 and drink sooner than later
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Cigar box heaven. This wine is in a really good place and well defined at 32. It really tastes like you are drinking an unlit cigar box that just lingers. This is about half cab, 40% merlot and the rest petite Verdot and cab franc. This wine has a sweet smoky taste in your palate that goes on for at least 40 seconds. Just am impressive wine from the medoc.
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I bought this in 1997 and shipped it back to the UK from HK where it had been shipped!
Told that it was at its peak in 1997, it has proved completely otherwise. It is in a sweet spot now in spite of a bit of brett on the nose. Colour: med deep red, broad rim with brown tinge. Nose: after decanting for two hours, full, ripe, fleshy, good mature CS notes, coffee, blackberries, plum, liqourice Taste: full, round, quite hot (although only 12%), good ripe CS fruit backed up by Merlot, long fresh finish with still some tannins at work. A pleasure to drink after thirty years!
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What a fantastic showing. In a perfect spot of maturity now with the red and black fruited flavours still quite fresh, but now matched by layers of mature tobacco, earth, mushroom, and a whiff of leathery/slightly barnyardy Cordier funk that's just enough to add complexity without overwhelming or distracting from the other flavours. The texture is fantastic - it's medium weight and silken on the palate, and the tannin here feels fully resolved. Drinking wonderfully right now.
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Initially some broth and soy on the nose which made me think this wine would be less alive, it was however really vibrant with a good amount of acidity and aromas of coffee, cola, sous bois and (while not particularly fruity at all) some dried fruit. Felt less oaky than many Bdx, in a good way.
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This is in good shape now. Lots of pepper and some barnyard. Still fruit left. Good attack on the palate and well structured. Tannins well integrated. Medium length.
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Pop -intended to open early but didn't. Poured 15 minutes before dinner -filet mignonette. Perfect match Delicious - no old smell wonderful. But last bottle
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Medium bodied, elegant, fresh and floral, with a sweet, red cherry and plum core of fruit, the is a refined, freshness to the bright, almost crisp, earthy fruits in the finish. Fully mature, this requires drinking.
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Drank this last night at Mu Liang Zai last night to celebrate Father's Day and my mum's birthday.
Colour is brickish red brown, showing off its age without a doubt. Sediments are also spotted at the bottom of the bottle.
Heavy notes of sour plums and oily liver. Wine opened up only after an hour and it was doing better as the dinner progresses. Notes of primary fruits are more or less gone, with the secondary notes well evolved and taken over.
This wine is clearly past its prime. If you have any more bottles left, do consider drinking it up soon, and give it some air before consumption.
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Even better this time. This one is the last of my three. Nice and beautiful long cork. The wine has virtually no sediment. The color is surprisingly bright and medium dark. The bouquet was a beautiful combination of leather, tobacco and lead pencil. Very soft tannins but still in great youthful shape. Probably at peak but no huge hurry. An excellent wine of a great vintage.
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Hint of farmyard on the nose, but unmistakeable cedar and pencil too. Clearly fully evolved and probably in gentle decline, but fading fruit compensated by leathery complexity. Served slightly on the cool side, which probably helped. Highly enjoyable.
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The cork was still in good shape and it came out nicely using a Teflon coated Pull Screw. The wine was decanted with only a light sediment left behind. The color was light with a slight tile on the edge. The bouquet was a beautiful cedar and tobacco with a bit of dead leaf and saddle. There is also a bit of iodine and minerality. The taste is consistent with the bouquet. there is very little tannins left in this wine. The texture was of medium body even though the color of the wine was very light with a great deal of transparency. It is a very enjoyable wine of great complexity and with still enough fruit to hold interest. The fruit was also very evolved although not at all over the hill. Some may consider this wine past the peak of the plateau but I feel that it is well compensated by utmost complexity and with just the right type of profile for a mature claret. A lighter wine is a very good thing when the flavor is full and the complexity is all there. I would consider this wine at peak maturity myself. Loved it with a properly prepared French menu.
Slight discolouration, orange-red, rusty. Also pretty evolved on the nose, cedar, spice box, earthy, leathery, plummy - expressive and pretty opulent. On the palate not a lot of concentration, a bit tired, mineral, hardly any tannins, subtle, round, lacking grip, medium- finish, nice, but not much depth. Drink up, past its peak. 87-88
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Lovely mature Bordeaux nose, woody, very balanced and elegant wine, silky tannins, hints of dark chocolate, a bit of lime, lots of sweet dark fruits and cherries. Not too complex, and its flavour seemed on the decline, but still an easy drinking and enjoyable wine. Went perfectly well with my seafood dinner!
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Decanted for only one hour as worried it may be a little too evolved. A deliciously mature nose with cassis, graphite, rich tobacco and a core of mature fruit cake. A lighter palate than the nose suggests, but well developed. Tannins are fully integrated and the fruit has almost gone, replaced with tobacco, leather and old cedar with just a touch of sous-bois. Elegant, refined and only 12% abv - classic claret and just as it should be. Probably a tad past its best but a lovely way to toast my final diploma exam today!
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Drank one of 5 remaining in the cellar. Info says we should have consumed by 2007. Wine has begun to brown out. Probably past its peak but still a nice bottle of wine. Nice nose, good fruit, flavor opened over an hour or so.
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Opened this with some trepidation as it was shown as 'drink by 2006'. So.... WOW. Very nice. Lovely deep colour, very full, blackcurrant flavour. Seems like it would last longer.
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I’ve written this one up a couple of times in the past 6 months, so I won’t belabor the black current, graphite, cedar, leather and so forth or the medium weight body. No, this is more about the patience to open and wait for the wine to come into itself. Anticipating the sediment, I’d set this up for a week before the dinner. Using the Audouze method of Francois Audouze (contributor on ebob), I opened this in the afternoon, poured a tiny bit and let it sit. Upon opening, the color of the wine was rusty water. A little whiffy-whiff told me the wine was sound, but it sure didn’t taste like much; maybe some currants and pencil shavings, but not much of that. At dinner a few hours later, the glass offered a lighter bodied wine with the usual profile. The color had deepened to ruby. With the last morsel of the lamb gone, we sat and talked over the wine. It’s color had deepened to plum. The depth of flavor with leather, black currants and such was amazing. It had plumped up to a medium leaning heavier wine. It was astoundingly good. A bit of sediment. 12% alc. With rack of lamb and sauce of and sides of rice-cranberries stuffing and cauliflower topped with a lemon cream sauce. With the Washburns - good company. Highly Recommended.
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This bottle is even better than the last (August ‘08) perhaps due to a bit more patience that allowed the wine to open more before shoving it past the gums. No sense re-inventing the wheel here: “anise, blackberries, currants, coffee, cedar, graphite” (taken from my last post on this wine.) This seemed to have a bit more heft to it than the last bottle, but still is solidly in the middle weight category with no ability to put on any substantial lbs. And unlike the last bottle, it throws only a modicum of sediment. All in all drinking quite well. I suspect the last 2 bottles I have won’t be long for this world. 12% alc. A Cordier wine which is blended from Cabernet Sauvignon (45%), Merlot (40%), Cabernet Franc (10%) and Petit Verdot (5%). With London broil (beef) sauced with mushrooms in red wine. Drink now. Recommended.
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A Cordier wine which is blended from Cabernet Sauvignon (45%), Merlot (40%), Cabernet Franc (10%) and Petit Verdot (5%). Initially, this shows some band-aide, but fortunately, it blows off.) It has been a while since I pulled a Bordeaux and I was anxious to see what this might throw my way. What I found was a cornucopia of anise, blackberries, currants, coffee, cedar, graphite, graphite and more wondrous graphite! Unfortunately, the weight of the wine begins on the light side of medium then leans further to the light side. A sizeable deposit of sediment from the just above the punt to just below the base of the neck. 12% alc. With grilled New York (beef) strips. Drink now. Recommended.
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Nice dark blood colour with a fig, leather and oily nose. Same soft and caressing texture. Less complex than previous bottle and floral fruits led into sweetness on the end, though balanced with earthy notes and overall feeling of mossy age. Very enjoyable to finish off an evening.
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Just an evening to compare some juice w/ friends: Opaque blood colour - even darker than the '97 Cos beside it. Rich nose with leather oil, fig and nuts. Really velvety and stroking texture. Light body. Medium finish with some cassis, elder flower and dust. Lovely, fresher feeling than expected.
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Good color, seems rather youthful. Tannins are fully resolved, and there are mature notes of leather and tobacco, but the fruit is reasonably lively for a 16 yrold lesser wine. The fruit is more red plum than black, and does have a little bit of the roasted notes that can distract in the 1990s. This is not especially deep or complex, but a nice soft Bordeaux. Blind Ibet I would have guessed Right Bank (merlot), though label says it is 45% CS, 40% Merlot, 10 % CF, 5 % PV. This isn't a great Bordeaux, but a decent mature Bordeaux with roast chicken isn't a bad way to dine.
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Hours to open up. At first, very bretty and metallic. Opened up with leathery notes and dried prune and blueberry fruit. Long finish with tarry notes and dried flowers. Perhaps a little past peak, but overall exceeded its station rather remarkably. Paired excellently with Roast chicken with mushrom mac-n-goat cheese
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Sunday, August 05, 2001 Light garnet from the center to the rim with a tinge of brickishness on the rim. Cedar, dust and cherry and plum fruit on the nose. Considering the vintage the mouthfeel was somewhat light, but not to the extent of ruining the wine. The nose carried thru to the flavors which were further complemented with tar. The finish, although somewhat short compared to other Cantemerle’s was nonetheless enjoyable. However, for a fifth growth classification, it was a little bit of a disappointment. The tannins just do not seem to be able to sustain the wine. Enjoyed in the company of Michael Ross with a meal of a roasted beef tenderloin with pepper relish, roasted red onions. 8/5/01.
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3/23/2024 - manemis Likes this wine: 91 Points
A bit thin initially but opened up nicely after 2 hours decant. Brownish brick along the rim but still deep red core colour. Leather. Well balanced. Medium length. Not too complex or concentrated but enjoyable to drink. Drink up.
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2/24/2024 - James Kim Likes this wine: 92 Points
Stood up for 24h then decanted off sediment, which wasn't huge. Initially some funk which blew off. Took about 1.5h for that wine to come together. Now 3.5h after decant. Nice aromas of cassis and currants mixes with leather, cedar, old book mustiness(a good thing!), bark and a hint of dark caramel. Palate w tart currants, cassis, leather, cedar and bark. Elegant, light-med body with excellent acids and faint tannins. Lacks some concentration and depth and not that complex for me. Plenty of fruit but it is starting to dry out and become more tart. Still delicious thought. All in all, a fully mature and very nice wine which is probably on the other side of its peak and on a gentle downslope. Frankly, the wine more than met my expectations.
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11/25/2023 - geoffreychambertin Likes this wine: 94 Points
This was firing on all cylinders tonight and is everything I want in older Bordeaux.
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7/26/2023 - SussexSB Likes this wine: 91 Points
She lives on! Very mellow and no birds. Not complicated, PnP. but all there. Gently thinning, but structure and finish still there. Nose peng. Wanted an aged claret to go with some roast leg saged pork. Perfect.
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10/8/2022 - empire80 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Wow, 7 years from my previous bottle, and this doesn't seem to have declined at all! Yes it is very tertiary and definitely for drinking now, but it's a beautifully complete mature claret, everything in place and just a warm mellow feeling as the finish gently fades.
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8/12/2022 - mzimberg Likes this wine:
Pop and pour. Rusty rim. Immediate gorgeous aromas. Bell pepper, worn leather plums and candied orange. Pretty palate with great texture and a smooth long finish. This is in a really great spot. Textbook Bordeaux.
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2/25/2022 - Papies wrote: 91 Points
Opened rested and served.
1990 delivers at this level of pedigree for those who like us love soft and well evolved classic claret. Well matured, very earthy, leathery wine and a joy to cross paths with it. Very pretty. 91 and drink sooner than later
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2/2/2022 - winesavant68 Likes this wine: 85 Points
Cigar box heaven. This wine is in a really good place and well defined at 32. It really tastes like you are drinking an unlit cigar box that just lingers. This is about half cab, 40% merlot and the rest petite Verdot and cab franc. This wine has a sweet smoky taste in your palate that goes on for at least 40 seconds. Just am impressive wine from the medoc.
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8/22/2020 - Michael Mackenzie Likes this wine: 93 Points
I bought this in 1997 and shipped it back to the UK from HK where it had been shipped!
Told that it was at its peak in 1997, it has proved completely otherwise. It is in a sweet spot now in spite of a bit of brett on the nose.
Colour: med deep red, broad rim with brown tinge.
Nose: after decanting for two hours, full, ripe, fleshy, good mature CS notes, coffee, blackberries, plum, liqourice
Taste: full, round, quite hot (although only 12%), good ripe CS fruit backed up by Merlot, long fresh finish with still some tannins at work.
A pleasure to drink after thirty years!
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3/20/2020 - Peter Siesing wrote:
Super flot stand.
Super for de 30 år men nok lige fem år over tid
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11/23/2018 - salil wrote: 93 Points
What a fantastic showing. In a perfect spot of maturity now with the red and black fruited flavours still quite fresh, but now matched by layers of mature tobacco, earth, mushroom, and a whiff of leathery/slightly barnyardy Cordier funk that's just enough to add complexity without overwhelming or distracting from the other flavours. The texture is fantastic - it's medium weight and silken on the palate, and the tannin here feels fully resolved. Drinking wonderfully right now.
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8/22/2018 - arvidpalmqvist wrote:
Initially some broth and soy on the nose which made me think this wine would be less alive, it was however really vibrant with a good amount of acidity and aromas of coffee, cola, sous bois and (while not particularly fruity at all) some dried fruit. Felt less oaky than many Bdx, in a good way.
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7/16/2018 - humagne wrote: 93 Points
Consistently a pleasure to drink. All in balance and quite ready now. Excellent.
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1/21/2018 - humagne wrote: 93 Points
This is in good shape now. Lots of pepper and some barnyard. Still fruit left. Good attack on the palate and well structured. Tannins well integrated. Medium length.
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8/18/2017 - hadlieh2 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Pop -intended to open early but didn't. Poured 15 minutes before dinner -filet mignonette. Perfect match Delicious - no old smell wonderful. But last bottle
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5/10/2017 - Jeff Leve wrote: 90 Points
Medium bodied, elegant, fresh and floral, with a sweet, red cherry and plum core of fruit, the is a refined, freshness to the bright, almost crisp, earthy fruits in the finish. Fully mature, this requires drinking.
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6/19/2016 - stayhappy21 wrote: 88 Points
Drank this last night at Mu Liang Zai last night to celebrate Father's Day and my mum's birthday.
Colour is brickish red brown, showing off its age without a doubt. Sediments are also spotted at the bottom of the bottle.
Heavy notes of sour plums and oily liver. Wine opened up only after an hour and it was doing better as the dinner progresses. Notes of primary fruits are more or less gone, with the secondary notes well evolved and taken over.
This wine is clearly past its prime. If you have any more bottles left, do consider drinking it up soon, and give it some air before consumption.
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12/29/2015 - Wineteacher Likes this wine: 91 Points
Even better this time. This one is the last of my three. Nice and beautiful long cork. The wine has virtually no sediment. The color is surprisingly bright and medium dark. The bouquet was a beautiful combination of leather, tobacco and lead pencil. Very soft tannins but still in great youthful shape. Probably at peak but no huge hurry. An excellent wine of a great vintage.
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3/5/2015 - empire80 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Hint of farmyard on the nose, but unmistakeable cedar and pencil too. Clearly fully evolved and probably in gentle decline, but fading fruit compensated by leathery complexity. Served slightly on the cool side, which probably helped. Highly enjoyable.
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6/26/2014 - stiang Likes this wine: 90 Points
Meget bra klassisk bordeaux. Pent moden, men tåler å ligge lengre.
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6/17/2014 - Wineteacher Likes this wine: 90 Points
The cork was still in good shape and it came out nicely using a Teflon coated Pull Screw. The wine was decanted with only a light sediment left behind. The color was light with a slight tile on the edge. The bouquet was a beautiful cedar and tobacco with a bit of dead leaf and saddle. There is also a bit of iodine and minerality. The taste is consistent with the bouquet. there is very little tannins left in this wine. The texture was of medium body even though the color of the wine was very light with a great deal of transparency. It is a very enjoyable wine of great complexity and with still enough fruit to hold interest. The fruit was also very evolved although not at all over the hill. Some may consider this wine past the peak of the plateau but I feel that it is well compensated by utmost complexity and with just the right type of profile for a mature claret. A lighter wine is a very good thing when the flavor is full and the complexity is all there. I would consider this wine at peak maturity myself. Loved it with a properly prepared French menu.
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3/31/2014 - rossi.wine wrote: 88 Points
Slight discolouration, orange-red, rusty. Also pretty evolved on the nose, cedar, spice box, earthy, leathery, plummy - expressive and pretty opulent. On the palate not a lot of concentration, a bit tired, mineral, hardly any tannins, subtle, round, lacking grip, medium- finish, nice, but not much depth. Drink up, past its peak. 87-88
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1/12/2014 - empire80 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Text book mature claret, cedar nose and gently fading fruit. This may be gently declining, but this bottle was extremely enjoyable.
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7/30/2013 - Davyd Chong Likes this wine: 91 Points
Lovely mature Bordeaux nose, woody, very balanced and elegant wine, silky tannins, hints of dark chocolate, a bit of lime, lots of sweet dark fruits and cherries. Not too complex, and its flavour seemed on the decline, but still an easy drinking and enjoyable wine. Went perfectly well with my seafood dinner!
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11/12/2011 - Darren747 wrote: 91 Points
Delicious again, but time to drink up!
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6/7/2011 - Darren747 wrote: 90 Points
Decanted for only one hour as worried it may be a little too evolved. A deliciously mature nose with cassis, graphite, rich tobacco and a core of mature fruit cake. A lighter palate than the nose suggests, but well developed. Tannins are fully integrated and the fruit has almost gone, replaced with tobacco, leather and old cedar with just a touch of sous-bois. Elegant, refined and only 12% abv - classic claret and just as it should be. Probably a tad past its best but a lovely way to toast my final diploma exam today!
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11/24/2010 - stiang wrote: 89 Points
Dette var godt. Veldig modent - uten tvil på topp nå. Fortsatt mye struktur.
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8/11/2009 - MPB54 wrote:
Drank one of 5 remaining in the cellar. Info says we should have consumed by 2007. Wine has begun to brown out. Probably past its peak but still a nice bottle of wine. Nice nose, good fruit, flavor opened over an hour or so.
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1/14/2009 - RusNewton wrote: 93 Points
Opened this with some trepidation as it was shown as 'drink by 2006'. So.... WOW. Very nice. Lovely deep colour, very full, blackcurrant flavour. Seems like it would last longer.
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11/21/2008 - timewithwine wrote:
I’ve written this one up a couple of times in the past 6 months, so I won’t belabor the black current, graphite, cedar, leather and so forth or the medium weight body. No, this is more about the patience to open and wait for the wine to come into itself. Anticipating the sediment, I’d set this up for a week before the dinner. Using the Audouze method of Francois Audouze (contributor on ebob), I opened this in the afternoon, poured a tiny bit and let it sit. Upon opening, the color of the wine was rusty water. A little whiffy-whiff told me the wine was sound, but it sure didn’t taste like much; maybe some currants and pencil shavings, but not much of that. At dinner a few hours later, the glass offered a lighter bodied wine with the usual profile. The color had deepened to ruby. With the last morsel of the lamb gone, we sat and talked over the wine. It’s color had deepened to plum. The depth of flavor with leather, black currants and such was amazing. It had plumped up to a medium leaning heavier wine. It was astoundingly good. A bit of sediment. 12% alc. With rack of lamb and sauce of and sides of rice-cranberries stuffing and cauliflower topped with a lemon cream sauce. With the Washburns - good company. Highly Recommended.
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10/17/2008 - timewithwine wrote:
This bottle is even better than the last (August ‘08) perhaps due to a bit more patience that allowed the wine to open more before shoving it past the gums. No sense re-inventing the wheel here: “anise, blackberries, currants, coffee, cedar, graphite” (taken from my last post on this wine.) This seemed to have a bit more heft to it than the last bottle, but still is solidly in the middle weight category with no ability to put on any substantial lbs. And unlike the last bottle, it throws only a modicum of sediment. All in all drinking quite well. I suspect the last 2 bottles I have won’t be long for this world. 12% alc. A Cordier wine which is blended from Cabernet Sauvignon (45%), Merlot (40%), Cabernet Franc (10%) and Petit Verdot (5%). With London broil (beef) sauced with mushrooms in red wine. Drink now. Recommended.
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8/31/2008 - timewithwine wrote:
A Cordier wine which is blended from Cabernet Sauvignon (45%), Merlot (40%), Cabernet Franc (10%) and Petit Verdot (5%). Initially, this shows some band-aide, but fortunately, it blows off.) It has been a while since I pulled a Bordeaux and I was anxious to see what this might throw my way. What I found was a cornucopia of anise, blackberries, currants, coffee, cedar, graphite, graphite and more wondrous graphite! Unfortunately, the weight of the wine begins on the light side of medium then leans further to the light side. A sizeable deposit of sediment from the just above the punt to just below the base of the neck. 12% alc. With grilled New York (beef) strips. Drink now. Recommended.
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5/29/2007 - AndrewSGHall wrote:
Nice dark blood colour with a fig, leather and oily nose. Same soft and caressing texture. Less complex than previous bottle and floral fruits led into sweetness on the end, though balanced with earthy notes and overall feeling of mossy age. Very enjoyable to finish off an evening.
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3/1/2007 - AndrewSGHall wrote:
Just an evening to compare some juice w/ friends: Opaque blood colour - even darker than the '97 Cos beside it. Rich nose with leather oil, fig and nuts. Really velvety and stroking texture. Light body. Medium finish with some cassis, elder flower and dust. Lovely, fresher feeling than expected.
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9/19/2006 - DaleW wrote: 89 Points
Good color, seems rather youthful. Tannins are fully resolved, and there are mature notes of leather and tobacco, but the fruit is reasonably lively for a 16 yrold lesser wine. The fruit is more red plum than black, and does have
a little bit of the roasted notes that can distract in the 1990s. This is not especially deep or complex, but a nice soft Bordeaux. Blind Ibet I would have guessed Right Bank (merlot), though label says it is 45% CS, 40% Merlot, 10 % CF, 5 % PV. This isn't a great Bordeaux, but a decent mature Bordeaux with roast chicken isn't a bad way to dine.
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1/12/2006 - rvalicenti wrote: 89 Points
Nice. Still has some black fruit. Musty and earthy. Some life ahead still.
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2/6/2003 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 90 Points
A business dinner (Restaurant Châlet Royal *, Den Bosch, Netherlands): Nicely mature by now, aromatic (herbs, mint, strawberry and raspberry, stables), not the power of the 1989, lighter and more elegant but with good weight and length. Drink now - 2008.
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1/27/2003 - AndrewSGHall wrote:
Hours to open up. At first, very bretty and metallic. Opened up with leathery notes and dried prune and blueberry fruit. Long finish with tarry notes and dried flowers.
Perhaps a little past peak, but overall exceeded its station rather remarkably. Paired excellently with Roast chicken with mushrom mac-n-goat cheese
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8/5/2001 - timewithwine wrote:
Sunday, August 05, 2001 Light garnet from the center to the rim with a tinge of brickishness on the rim. Cedar, dust and cherry and plum fruit on the nose. Considering the vintage the mouthfeel was somewhat light, but not to the extent of ruining the wine. The nose carried thru to the flavors which were further complemented with tar. The finish, although somewhat short compared to other Cantemerle’s was nonetheless enjoyable. However, for a fifth growth classification, it was a little bit of a disappointment. The tannins just do not seem to be able to sustain the wine. Enjoyed in the company of Michael Ross with a meal of a roasted beef tenderloin with pepper relish, roasted red onions. 8/5/01.
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