2014 Château Cantemerle Les Allées de Cantemerle

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 88.7 points

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  4/1/2024 - ZaphodB wrote: 87 Points

  Deep ruby red colour with red brim. Nose is fruity with notes of black currants and with a touch of underbrush and tobacco. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, with smooth tannins, nice acidity and notes of black currants and mulberries. Quite one-dimensional.
  
  Very typical Médoc here, but of a relatively simple cut. It's a little one-dimensional, but a good everyday wine.

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  12/1/2021 - eboracum Likes this wine: 89 Points

  I enjoyed this more than the 2012 at about 5 years of age. It is a blend of 68% CabSauv and 32% Merlot. I decanted which was, I think, beneficial because, after a rather austere first glass, it opened up and deepened. This is classically styled claret like many from 2014 with a linear shape, plenty of fresh red fruit and moreish acidity as well as hints of noble green and earthy minerals and was balanced and enhanced by gracious underlying roundness and a firm ripe finish. It doesn't, of course, have quite the elegance of the Grand Vin in some past vintages and hopefully the 2014, of which I have a bottle. Good wine and good QPR for left bank claret at c.€14.

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  10/27/2020 - JimTaft Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Delicious Bordeaux. Perhaps not a blockbuster but very reasonably priced, 2014 even !!
  
  Happily surprised by a fine slug of sediment, lets us know the wine maker put more into the bottle than could remain suspended. Always a good thing !!

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  12/22/2019 - bowtieguy Likes this wine:

  Some licorice on the nose, but fairly closed overall. Very enjoyable on the palate--balanced dark fruit, acidity and tannins. A nice enough weekday Bordeaux. Paid $47 CAD.

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  1/21/2018 - LeChapeau wrote: 88 Points

  A generally nice Bordeaux, but nothing noteworthy. Mild nose of red fruits, decent fruit but a bit acidic on the palate. Food friendly wine, but not a lot of structure. Wouldn't consider aging this one for more than a year or two.

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