Intense on the nose, refined on the palate, with lovely freshness and with a few more years ahead of it, Château Cantemerle 2020 is one of the lovely Bordeaux wines with good value for money to have in your cellar. A beautifully elegant red wine, perfect for a dinner with friends.
Fifth Classified Growth of the Médoc, Château Cantemerle 2020 is a blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and 6% Petit Verdot. Charming and generous, with very present fruit, it deserves aeration to allow it to open up and reveal its potential and its beautiful complexity.
Located in the Haut-Médoc appellation on Quaternary gravel and silica, the Château Cantemerle vineyard covers 98 hectares of vines aged 40 years on average.
The year 2020 was characterized by a generously watered spring, providing the vines with precious water reserves to face the summer period. The arrival of a hot and dry summer then favored a regular and progressive ripening of the grapes. The climatic conditions of September accompanied the final stages of maturation and made it possible to achieve a good balance between maturity, freshness and concentration.
The manual harvest took place from September 14 to 30, with careful selection of the grapes and careful sorting of the berries after destemming. Despite yields down 20%, the quality of the grapes harvested made it possible to produce a precise and harmonious vintage. After the manual harvest and sorting of the post-stemming berries, the wine was aged for 12 months in French oak barrels, 40% of which were new. This measured aging accompanies the fruit with precision and preserves the characteristic elegance of Château Cantemerle.
Faithful to the Cantemerle style, the 2020 vintage combines finesse, precision and freshness. The nose opens with notes of cherry and black fruits, enhanced with floral touches and a delicately spicy nuance. The palate reveals an enveloping substance, carried by melted tannins and an elegant texture. The finish, fresh and balanced, prolongs the expression of the fruit with distinction and suggests good aging potential.
Decanted 1 to 2 hours before being served, this 2020 Cantemerle goes easily with a wide variety of dishes. Very comfortable with a beautiful pâté en croute, it is also the ideal companion for a grilled rib of beef accompanied by porcini mushrooms, egg casserole with foie gras, duck breast in pastilla, guinea fowl with morels, confit shoulder of lamb, pheasant in casserole, chicken legs with mushrooms and Parmesan… and fine mature cheeses.
Château Cantemerle 2020 is available from wine merchants at a price of €36 per bottle.
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