1978 Château Brane-Cantenac

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  4/12/2024 - VAGentleman wrote: 93 Points

  Drinking elegantly. Shimmering currant with tobacco and leather notes. Funk burned off very quickly. Light for Margaux but more refined fruit as breathed.

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  6/4/2023 - jviz wrote: 92 Points

  Rustic, with fading fruit but still very much alive. It has that underripe green stem note. That is the calling card of 1978 to my palate. Firm acidity but a cool old wine. Like your 60 year old wiry uncle who isn’t in great shape but you know will be hanging around for a bit longer.

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  6/3/2023 - Nutty08 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  A bit of a surprise as the auction house noted this unmarked label as a '75, but it was clearly a '78 after pulling the cork. This was a fantastic mature Bordeaux. Showed tobacco leaf cedar and eucalyptus notes. Compared to the '82 on the same night this had more depth, with a cedar spice and mint character noted through the palate and finish. While not as plump on the mid palate, had more complexity. Wine of the night for me.

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  5/3/2023 - GhengisTron wrote: 92 Points

  Birthday wine.
  Hint of vinegar on opening that blew off in a few minutes.
  Nose: Smoke, leather, mushroom, porcini, blue cheese. No fruit.
  Palate:
  Medium acid
  Medium tannin
  Structure seemed younger than 45 years (wish i could say the same hah).
  paired
  Black fruit, blackberry, black cherry, black current, cracked pepper, green pepper, tertiary leather, mushroom,
  Paired well with lamb.

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  3/3/2023 - rocknroller wrote: 93 Points

  Commanderie de Bordeaux: Spring Parlement - Chateau Brane-Cantenac (Minneapolis Club, Mpls, MN): Drak red color. Doubled decated for 10 minutes then recorked; drank a glass over 45 minutes. Pencil, slightly herbal, dried roses, subtle green pepper, cassis and mushroom on the nose. The palate shows a smoky pencil character, dried earth and mushroom, cassis, raspberry, very suave, medium bodied plus though a little thinner mid palate with integrated tannins. I really enjoyed this myself with only the '00 edging it as my favorite of the vertical. Others felt the '89 took honors (there were 4 different bottles - so variation was likely present), though I found mine less compelling. Rank '00, '78, '89, '82.

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