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Red
1986 Château Cantemerle
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Médoc
- Haut-Médoc
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Community Tasting Notes 17
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Rightbankrefreshment Likes this wine: 94 points
June 24, 2023 - 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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Dibbs Likes this wine: 92 points
October 17, 2021 - 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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melvinyeowq Likes this wine:
October 15, 2021 - 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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TXW213 wrote: 92 points
June 1, 2019 - 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.
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salil wrote: 90 points
November 28, 2017 - 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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By John Gilman
Jul/Aug 2016, Issue #64, Comparing the 1981 Claret Vintage at Age Thirty-Five And the 1986 Bordeaux Vintage At Age Thirty(Château Cantemerle) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Jul/Aug 2014, Issue #52, Château Cantemerle The Southern Médoc’s Hidden Crown Jewell(Château Cantemerle) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1986
- Type Red
- Producer Château Cantemerle
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Médoc
- Appellation Haut-Médoc
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 73 (55%)
- Consumed 59 (45%)
Food Pairing
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Who Likes This Wine
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- FamilyChâteau Cantemerle
- ProducerChâteau Cantemerle
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionMédoc
- AppellationHaut-Médoc
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- VarietalRed Bordeaux Blend
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- AppellationHaut-Médoc