Château Brane-Cantenac - Margaux 2020 (750ml)
Price: $90.00
| Producer | Château Brane-Cantenac |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Margaux |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Sku | 1005716 |
| Size | 750ml |
James Suckling: 98 Points
Blackberries plums currants tobacco and violets on the nose. Bitter chocolate and mocha too. It?s refined and focused with a medium to full body and firm tightly-knit tannins. Very long laser-focused and polished. Very classy. Best of the trilogy. Try after 2027.
Jeb Dunnuck: 97% Points
Decanter: 97 Points
Heady and expressive on the nose seductive tones of ripe fruit and perfumed flowers. Gorgeous intensity on the palate rich round and ripe - gently chewy - but cool and refreshing too. This has a dynamic undercurrent with tannins that are fine but firm giving a slightly narrow frame. It?s a bit more serious than some brooding but clearly well made with definition. There?s a confidence here vibrant and detailed fruit with an excellent lingering impression of the terroir in the slightly salty chalky graphite touch. Layered and well built with supreme classicism. A top buy. I'd like to own this one!
Vinous: 96 Points
The 2020 Brane-Cantenac screams with Cabernet Sauvignon character concentrated by the natural richness of the year. Super-ripe dark blue/black fruit blueberry jam crème de cassis lavender sage and menthol meld together giving the Brane-Cantenac an exotic quality that is impossible to miss. The oak imprint remains quite present but at the same time it is well balanced. Time in the glass brings out a whole range of floral and savory notes that add character and a feeling of updated classicism. Yields were 31 hectoliters per hectare as opposed to the more typical 40 or so. - By Antonio Galloni on December 2022 The 2020 Brane-Cantenac was bottled towards the end of July a little later than usual partly due to the logistics. It takes time to open in the glass offering gorgeous blackberry pencil box and tobacco scents that gain intensity with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannins and outstanding delineation. Very cohesive this is a supremely focused Brane-Cantenac that lives up to the billing after such an impressive showing en primeur. So precise on the finish with light graphite notes lingering on the aftertaste. Wonderful. - By Neal Martin on December 2022
Jane Anson: 95 Points
There is an exuberance to the 2020 vintage at Brane Cantenac with rippling depths to the damson fruit along with liqourice graphite cocoa bean fine tannins white pepper sage. Feels fully ripe but well restrained very Margaux. 100% new oak with 28 different parameters including forest origin level of toasting width of the grain and time of seasoning the oak staves before barrel construction. Just such a meticulous approach and no doubt helps deepen the complexity in the final glass as do choices such as the touch of Carmanère in the blend (and the increase in Cabernet Sauvignon over recent years). Eric Boissenot consultant 31hl/ha yield.
The Wine Independent: 94 Points
The 2020 Brane-Cantenac is deep garnet-purple in color. It gallops out with energetic scents of black and red currant preserves fresh boysenberries and candied violets plus wafts of bay leaves and graphite. The medium-bodied palate shimmers with vibrant black and red berry flavors supported by firm grainy tannins finishing long and earthy.
vWine Advocate: 94 Points
The 2020 Brane-Cantenac has turned out nicely offering up aromas of blackberries and crème de cassis mingled with notions of licorice pencil shavings violets and subtle hints of smoked meats. Medium to full-bodied rich and fleshy with a lavish core of fruit ripe acids and sweet tannins that assert themselves on the savory finish it can't quite match the purity and sensuality of the 2019 but it's a strong effort.
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