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2016 Ch Cantemerle 5ème Cru Haut-Médoc - 6x75cl
06B6CANT6PK _ 2016 - Ch Cantemerle 5ème Cru Haut-Médoc - 6x75cl
  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Cantemerle
  • Region Haut-Médoc
  • Grape Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot / Cabernet Franc
  • Drinking 2024 - 2033
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available Now

2016 - Ch Cantemerle 5ème Cru Haut-Médoc - 6x75cl

  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Cantemerle
  • Region Haut-Médoc
  • Grape Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot / Cabernet Franc
  • Drinking 2024 - 2033
  • Case size 6x75cl
  • Available Now
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Case price: £205.09 Duty Paid inc VAT
Equivalent Bottle Price: £34.18 Duty Paid inc VAT
Case price: £153.00 In Bond
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  • Goedhuis, April 2017, Score: 90-92

    A vibrant fresh style with herbal Cabernet flavours. This has a bite of tannic structure, with a cool freshness. Dark black fruits on the finish provide for intensity and structure. DR

  • Goedhuis, April 2017, Score: 90-92

    A vibrant fresh style with herbal Cabernet flavours. This has a bite of tannic structure, with a cool freshness. Dark black fruits on the finish provide for intensity and structure. DR

  • Neal Martin, January 2019, Score: 91

    The 2016 Cantemerle has a fresh bouquet of airy, floral black fruit; light violet scents emerge with time. The sorbet-fresh palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, and blood orange mingles with supple red fruit toward the graphite-infused finish. Delicious, classic and probably destined to age with class. Maybe a great value to boot? 2022 - 2045

  • Neal Martin, April 2017, Score: 90-92

    The 2016 Cantemerle has a tightly wound bouquet and it never quite delivers the detail and mineralité that some of its peers have produced in this vintage. There are attractive undergrowth scents and a touch of tobacco, but it does not leap from the glass with joy. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, good depth of fruit, blackberry laced with cedar and graphite. One sample was missed a little precision, however, a second and third demonstrated much more precision and tension. My score reflects this. Drink Date 2020 - 2030

  • Antonio Galloni, January 2019, Score: 92

    The 2016 Cantemerle has developed beautifully with élevage. Pliant, silky and exceptionally balanced, the 2016 has the pedigree and complexity to allow for a number of years of very fine drinking. Moreover, the 2016 delivers serious flavor intensity without being at all heavy. Smoke, iron and cedar add character to a Haut-Médoc that has a lot to offer. 2018 - 2036

  • Antonio Galloni, April 2017, Score: 89-92

    The 2016 Cantemerle comes across as raw and not fully put together. Even so, the wine possesses superb richness, volume and depth. Iron, smoke, raspberry jam and succulent cherry notes are all pushed forward. Plush and racy, with striking depth, this succulent, expressive Haut-Médoc is built for pleasure. Tasted two times.

  • James Suckling, April 2017, Score: 94-95

    Dense and chewy already with plenty of ripe tannins and bright fruit. Vivid acidity. Full body, a firm and silky texture and a flavorful finish. Lots going on. Excellent follow-up to the great 2015!

  • Decanter, April 2017, Score: 93

    For me this is easily one of their best ever wines, totally living up to its fifth growth billing. Lovely and juicy with excellent tension, really walking that line. Menthol, cassis and cedar are framed by well-wrought tannins that bring the whole thing together and lead onto a juicy finish. The blend of 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 4% Petit Verdot is aged in 40% new oak for 12 months, followed by a further four months in vats before bottling.

  • Matthew Jukes, April 2017, Score: 17.5+

    With a darker shade of purple fruit than its neighbouring wines this is a fabulously exotic and unusual wine with serious appeal and detail. The oak is powerful, but this doesn’t detract from the lovely fruit and the perfectly balanced finish. Superb.

  • Jancis Robinson, April 2017, Score: 15.5

    Light nose and a little dull overall. Lacks energy. Is this a tired sample? Drying. 15.5 (Drink 2022-2030). Second sample at UGC: Quite pungent with treacly notes on the nose. Fairly light and soulless - not to say a little fruitless. Green notes on the end. Drink 2023-2030

  • Tim Atkin, May 2017, Score: 91

    Lovers of good value claret should flock towards this lovely red blend in 2016. Fresh, sappy and grassy, it’s a wine that’s all about texture and fruit flavour rather than oak and tannin. Elegant, subtle and effortlessly complex. 2020-28

Producer

Château Cantemerle

One of the only three non-communal classified growths (with La Lagune and Cantenac), Château Cantemerle is located in Macau, a village due south of Margaux. Despite its classic claret spirit, it has an unusual connection to vineyards thousands of miles away. In the early 1980s, much of Cantemerle's Cabernet Franc was changed to Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot by top grafting. Mexican viticulturalists, specialists in thi...Read more

One of the only three non-communal classified growths (with La Lagune and Cantenac), Château Cantemerle is located in Macau, a village due south of Margaux. Despite its classic claret spirit, it has an unusual connection to vineyards thousands of miles away. In the early 1980s, much of Cantemerle's Cabernet Franc was changed to Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot by top grafting. Mexican viticulturalists, specialists in this field, were flown in from the Napa Valley to carry out the procedure. Quite an extraordinary project for a ‘mere' Haut Médoc.Read less

Region

Haut-Médoc

The Haut-Médoc is an appellation within the Médoc that stretches along the left bank of the Gironde from Blanquefort in the south to the north of Bordeaux. The region encompasses the more famous communes of St-Estèphe, Pauillac, St-Julien and Margaux. Following the 1855 classification many of its most famous estates were classified and scored as first, second, third, fourth or fifth growths. This was based on their social and commercial positions at the time. Most of these classed growths use the village appellation name, such as Pauillac. However five of these classed growths fell outside a village appellation so take the name Haut-Médoc. Many of the vineyards which are classified as Haut-Médoc may actually also be referred to as Cru Bourgeois wines. These wines have lower permitted yields and so offer great value for money.

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