1986 Château Cantemerle

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 88.2 points

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  6/24/2023 - Rightbankrefreshment Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Heck of winebid buy. Tannins fully integrated. Touch of cherry, some tobacco. Very long finish. Absolutely fantastic aged Bordeaux. Hard to match at this price point. Just 12.5% alcohol.

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  10/17/2021 - Dibbs Likes this wine: 92 Points

  This wine definitely doesn't deserve an 87.5 rating. Tbh, it is a preposterous rating for a wine this good. Hard to guess this as 1986 on pop and pour. But with time in the decanter, it softens up beautifully and becomes a gracefully elegant wine. Great wine for the price and delicacies it provides at this age. Fantastic buy by the previous reviewer who kindly shared it with me.

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  10/15/2021 - melvinyeowq Likes this wine:

  A stunning aged claret. An experienced friend put this in the 2000s which wasn't a bad guess given how youthful it looked and tasted. Had that old-school restraint with a tinge of austerity but the red fruit was still very much vibrant and intact, the tannins and structure held everything together well. Auction win for under S$90, I think this ranks as one of my best ever buys.

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  6/1/2019 - TXW213 wrote: 92 Points

  Gedronken met Ricky, Laurent, Anouk
  Bruin-rood
  Neus: leer, tabak, geconfijte kers
  Kers, zacht rood fruit, mooie structuur, frisse aciditeit en zachte tanine. Fraaie afdronk.
  Gedronken bij kip met paprika

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  11/28/2017 - salil wrote: 90 Points

  Guillemot Les Serpentières lineup: Surprise interloper at a Guillemot Savigny lineup, but no objections to opening this. It starts out with a lot of that Cordier-ish funk, showing some barnyard and leather right off the bat, but some of that clears with time in the decanter to reveal fresh dark berried fruit, cedar wood, and tobacco notes on a medium weight frame. Most of the tannin here has integrated, and this is drinking really nicely.

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