2008 Château Cantemerle
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pavel_p Likes this wine:
89 Points
Monday, March 16, 2015 - 5th bottle in fairly regular intervals since 2011. While I tend to like my Bordeaux more on the mature side, i.e. the better wines from top vintages around the 20-30 year mark, the 04s and 08s teach me that smaller wines from average vintages might be a different story. Sure this is a nice Bordeaux that works well with a meal and even on its own but am not convinced that what the wine has gained over the last 4-5 years fully compensates for what it lost. Miss a bit the great balance and the sweet clear fruit this showed in 2011 and wish there was a bit more fruit to balance the ever more prominent leather, and the rather short finish is also more evident now. Horses for courses.
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Comment posted by jrlong_huang:
3/19/2015 2:58:00 AM - People called it"con 3 seconds"康三秒
Comment posted by ProfByron:
8/5/2015 9:42:00 AM - I've decided that Cantemerle is the sort of wine where you really have to wait. It's never special at less than 12 years of age. It often turns out better than expected, it's the sort of wine that built the reputation for old bordeaux.
Comment posted by pavel_p:
8/6/2015 8:25:00 AM - I doubt that will be the case with the 08 but we will see. Did not had a chance to drink any of the old and likely more rustic Cantemerle vintages when they were young but this 08 was a pleasure to drink very early on and while it's not bad by any means now I don't see it improving from here.