2001 Château Brane-Cantenac

Community Tasting Notes (68) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  3/29/2024 - foyfrcs Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Very similar to 2022 except that I didn’t get any blackberries or liquorice on nose or palate today.
  Principality earth, forest floor & leather.
  Medium bodied. Low tannins.
  This is still very drinkable and I guess that the RP prediction of drinking window to 2030 is probably correct.

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  11/26/2023 - Julian Marshall Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Perhaps I had a better bottle than some, because I really loved this.
  
  The nose is wonderful, a perfumed and insistent blend of old rose, wild strawberry and red cherry, with hints of nutmeg and leather. It's so capativating that I had to pause for a few minutes before even having the first sip, just enjoying the fragrances.
  
  When the first sip came, it was no disappointment - the same sensations as the nose, so ripples of rose, wild strawberry and red cherry, which spread outwards, across the palate, before a very long, persistent finish.
  
  This is a quintessential Margaux made in a traditional way, so focused on elegance and fragrance rather than body and concentrated fruit. That's what I like so I was not disappointed.
  
  True, it doesn't quite have the power of the 2000, and it won't last as long, but this is a delicious example of Brane and for my taste at least, a little underrated.

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  10/28/2023 - norsktorsk wrote: 92 Points

  tannic on opening. not a big Bordeaux fan but I am enjoying this.

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  9/30/2022 - VAGenius Likes this wine: 93 Points

  90 minute decant. Strong nose of tobacco leaf and dried red fruits. Palate delivers layers of red currant, stones, tobacco, and gravely soil along with a few fresh red pepper notes. Persistent but smooth and resolved tannins show an angular edge on the finish, adding red cherry, red clay, and dusty soil with just a touch of oak. I think it can certainly hold a few years but not as long as some critics are quoting.

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  7/21/2022 - foyfrcs wrote: 90 Points

  Medium garnet.
  Blackcurrants,liquorice, raisins & earthy nose.
  Not a great deal of fruit left on the palate, some leather, forest floor.
  RP says drink up until 2030, I think 2/3 years.

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