2015 Château Cantemerle
Community Tasting Note
Motz wrote:
Saturday, April 14, 2018 - From a half, tasted over several hours. Seductively perfumed, with fruit blossoms, spring flowers, ripe berries, compote, and red fruit liqueurs draping graphite, loam, black earth, crushed rocks, and mineral undertones. Suave and inviting. Pithy red-fruited Merlot imparted elements are prominent forward, transiting to Cabernet Sauvignon essences and power at the middle, back, and finish. The wine's elegance, lift, and freshness mask impressive structure. Like so many 2015 vintage offerings, the ripeness level gives the impression of forwardness, and thus no more than medium term cellaring potential. With this wine, however, substance might reward the patient. Understated and an excellent value, worth stashing and enjoying at intervals over the next five to seven years to monitor its evolution. 93-94...95?
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Comment posted by racerchris:
4/17/2018 5:21:00 PM - After I read your note I discovered that my local Total Wine has halves in stock.
So I went out and bought 4 asap, and I'll probably buy more.
Comment posted by Motz:
4/17/2018 5:44:00 PM - Thank you for the words. I look forward to reading your tasting note.