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1988 Château Brane-Cantenac
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Médoc
- Margaux
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Community Tasting Notes 7
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f95masv Likes this wine: 92 points
March 16, 2024 - Lovely mature Margaux. Dried cherries, cigar box, pencil shavings, dried blackberry, forest floor and tobacco. Very nice, likely at or just beyond peak.
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remyworldpeace wrote: 88 points
August 2, 2023 - Cedar and fig on the nose. Touch of chocolate. On palate some stewed fruit but not much left. Quite a lot of acidity creating some freshness but mostly feels rather tart. Quite thin.
Tasted at a Brane Cantenac dinner and successfully did its job in contrasting just how much better more modern vintages are than those of the 1980s and 1990s! -
Hanibal wrote: 92 points
August 21, 2021 - Very fragrant with some cassis left but mostly cigar box and pencil shavings. Mineral on the palate with a medium long finish. No dryness. Not going to get better so better drink up soon
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franm Likes this wine: 91 points
December 25, 2018 - cheers - this wine blew away my expectations, has really held up well
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Jeff Leve wrote: 85 points
September 22, 2018 - More earth and tobacco than fruit is going on here. The wine is medium bodied, with an austerity to its bright, crisp, red fruit character. This is at full maturity, so if you have been holding a bottle in your cellar, drink up. The wine was made from blending 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 22% Merlot and 8% Cabernet Franc.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 1988
- Type Red
- Producer Château Brane-Cantenac
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Médoc
- Appellation Margaux
- UPC Code 3453522111056
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 82 (49%)
- Consumed 85 (51%)
Food Pairing
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Who Likes This Wine
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- ProducerChâteau Brane-Cantenac
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationMargaux
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