2014 Château Cantemerle

Community Tasting Notes (115) Avg Score: 89.9 points

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  4/26/2024 - Pellinge wrote: 92 Points

  Side by side with the 2014 Lanessan. Last year did the same comparison with 2010s, and Lanessan was the winner as Cantemerle came off a little chunky and overdone. This 2014 Cantemerle is in a good place: very fragrant - violets and oak - and beautifully balanced on the palate between cherry and plum fruit, pleasant tannic grip, and fresh acidity. 2014 is really a drinker's vintage, I love it. The oak is a little too much for my taste. Will follow for several days and see how it evolves. On day 2 this is similar, while the Lanessan improved. They are distinctly different, but both delicious: Cantemerle more savory and aromatic (and oakier), Lanessan more about pure fruit.

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  4/14/2024 - DinoCollapso Likes this wine: 86 Points

  decanted 2 hrs then back into the bottle, drank half over 3 hours. good density, textbook left bank bordeaux. black and red fruit, mint, dry. decent balance and ready to drink but lacking a bit of charm - unrealized potential perhaps. after a few days in the fridge under vacuvin, softer and more merlot dominated. for me, not a big step up from more value-priced cru bourgeois or cotes de bordeaux estates.

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  4/7/2024 - bobkuuu wrote: 90 Points

  Mineral, hint of leaves and black fruit, some tannins medium-bodied, lots of mint, decanted for 2 hrs but not much changes

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  3/24/2024 - nfurlong Likes this wine: 91 Points

  garnet hues on the edge of the glass; cigar box, forest loam, land jaeger and sweet herbs on the nose; rich black fruit, black currants and gunpowder on the palate. Well-rounded tannins, great complexity, a good fruit/acid balance. Definitely drinking well now, best to consume this year.

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  2/13/2024 - HandmadeHomemade Likes this wine:

  Decanted 3hrs. Pours a mediump purple in the glass. Developing, med + intensity aromas of black currant, black cherry, black plum, creme de cassis, cedar, pencil shavings, oak, leather, vanilla, some cooked black fruits, dried herbs, dried blackberry. In the mouth, the wine is dry, med + acid, med + tannin, med alcohol, med + body, med + intensity on the palate, med finish. Overall, very good, can drink now, but can age further.
  
  I would have like to see some more depth and body on this. Very early stage maturity, drink or hold 10+ yrs.

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