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2010 Château Cantenac Brown, Margaux, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (66%),Merlot (34%)
Ready - at best
Stephen Tanzer
90+/100
Ian D'Agata
92+/100
Neal Martin MW
94/100
James Suckling
94/100
Neal Martin MW
95/100
Jancis Robinson MW
15.5/20
17.5+/20
James Molesworth
91-94/100
Julia Harding MW
16/20
Product: 20108006794
2010 Château Cantenac Brown, Margaux, Bordeaux
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2010
Maturity Ready - at best
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (66%),Merlot (34%)
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Château Cantenac Brown

Critics reviews

Stephen Tanzer 90+/100
Bright ruby-red. Sharply delineated if youthfully strict aromas of bitter cherry and violet. Then densely packed and juicy, with very firm underlying structure to the intense, rather cool flavours of cassis, minerals, liquorice and herbs. With its firm-edged tannins and serious spine, this wine conveys an impression of medicinal austerity today, but its inner-mouth perfume and length suggest that it will age beautifully.Stephen Tanzer, Vinous.com.com (July 2013)
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous.com (Jul 2013)
Ian D'Agata 92+/100
66% Cabernet Sauvignon and 34% Merlot.Inky-purple. Initially, the reserved nose opens with air to reveal pure, vibrant scents of crushed black cherry, violet and minerals. Juicy and tight in the mouth, with penetrating flavours of black cherry, cassis, smoke and coffee, it shows very good balance. It is a dense but weightless wine with wonderful energy and terrific lift. Finishes intensely minerally and long, with broad, mounting tannins that dust the palate. Cantenac Brown has been on a roll of late.Ian D'Agata, Vinous.com.com (May 2011)
Ian D'Agata, Vinous.com (May 2011)
Neal Martin MW 94/100
The 2010 Cantenac Brown performed extremely well in the Southwold blind tasting. Here, the nose demands coaxing from the glass before revealing beautifully defined blackberry, boysenberry, earth and mint aromas, perhaps a little more floral than a couple of years ago. Medium-bodied on the palate, this 2010 is focused and delivers plenty of substance; it's quite linear at the moment, yet sophisticated, and is as fresh as a daisy on the finish. Superb. Tasted at the Cantenac Brown vertical at the château.Drink 2023 - 2050Neil Martin, Vinous.com.com (October 2022)
Neal Martin MW, Vinous.com (Oct 2022)
James Suckling 94/100
A wine with firm tannins that are polished and reserved, yet there's an underlying richness of fruit. Plums, blueberries and citrus character. Some tar, too. Juicy and delicious to taste. Drink from 2016 onwardsjames_suckling, jamessuckling_com (February 2013)
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Feb 2013)
Neal Martin MW 95/100
Tasted blind at the Southwold Bordeaux 2010 tasting. Wow - one of those wines that seemed to excel under blind conditions; this is a Margaux that should be taken seriously. The 2010 demonstrates a lot of extraction on the nose with liquorice-infused black fruit, iodine and blueberry jam. This is on the brink of being over-ripe - but it knows the line not to cross. The palate is medium-bodied with a succulent entry, generous and honeyed texture; the acidity is nicely judged and builds towards a multi-layered, sophisticated, and engaging finish. Long-term. Neil Martin, Wine Advocate (March 2014)
Neal Martin MW, RobertParker.com (Mar 2014)
Jancis Robinson MW 15.5/20
Very dark. Heady black cherry aromas. Very, very sweet. And alcoholic. And a bit drying on the end – a sort of right-bank Margaux. What’s the point? jancis_robinson_mw MW- jancis_robinson_mw.com Apr 2011)
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2011)
17.5+/20
Well-extracted depth of cassis fruit, ripeness and length and more elegance than robustness than usual from this château.
Decanter.com
James Molesworth 91-94/100
Very focused, with a taut beam of red currant and crushed damson plum fruit, backed by very fine-grained, supple tannins. A twinge of iron weaves through the increasingly fleshy finish. This has power, but also lots of finesse. (james_molesworth – The Wine Spectator – Apr 2011)
James Molesworth, WineSpectator.com (Apr 2011)
Julia Harding MW 16/20
Tasted blind. Deep garnet with brick rim. Exotic ripe fruits, spice and sweet leather. But it's pretty tough on the palate. Finding a way through the tannins is hard, but give it time. Drink 2024 - 2030julia_harding MW, JancisRobinson.com (April 2020)
Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2020)

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Cabernet Sauvignon

The most famous red wine grape in the world and one of the most widely planted.
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Chateau Cantenac Brown

Cantenac-Brown, a 3ème Cru Classé estate, is located in the Haut-Medoc wine appellation on the western extremes of the Margaux appellation. As with so many Bordeaux estates, the tale of the last 120 years focuses on early years of problems, caused by both vineyard diseases and economic depradations, followed by recent revival once the property has been bought by someone with the means to invest properly in its future. The revitalisation of Cantenac-Brown only really looked a realistic possibility with its acquisition in by AXA Millésimes in 1989. The AXA team, led at that time by the since semi-retired Jean-Michel Cazes, with the help of Daniel Llose and under the direction of Christian Seely, began to turn the estate around. The team had a history of success in Bordeaux, not least at Lynch-Bages but at other estates such as Pichon-Baron, Suduiraut and Quinta do Noval. 
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