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2012 Château Cantenac Brown, Margaux, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (65%),Merlot (35%)
Ready - at best
Robert Parker
88+/100
16.75/20
Jancis Robinson MW
16/20
Robert Parker
90-93/100
James Molesworth
91-94/100
Product: 20128006794
2012 Château Cantenac Brown, Margaux, Bordeaux

Description

Made with 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and 35% Merlot, this is a classic of its region: firmly structured, with a dense, opaque ruby and purple colour. On the palate, this has excellent purity and its tannins, which were hard in youth, will have softened.
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2012
Maturity Ready - at best
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (65%),Merlot (35%)
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Château Cantenac Brown

Critics reviews

Robert Parker 88+/100
A rather firmly structured, masculine style of wine in 2012, with a dense, opaque ruby/purple color. The wine reveals a certain angularity, with hard tannin, but medium body and excellent purity. This is certainly a very good 2012 that should age nicely for 12-15 years.Robert M. Parker, Jr. - 30/04/2015
Robert Parker, RobertParker.com (Apr 2015)
16.75/20
Dense colour, masses of ripe cassis fruit, ripe tannins, a robust flavourful wine.
Decanter.com
Jancis Robinson MW 16/20
Very discreet nose. Sweet start and nicely balanced but not especially distinctive. Ticks the boxes. Rather drying oak on the end. jancis_robinson_mw MW, JancisRobinson.com, 22 Apr 2013
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2013)
Robert Parker 90-93/100
The 2012 Cantenac Brown, one of the most impressive Margaux I tasted, is the complete package – from the initial attack to the layered, rich finish. Dense ruby/purple-hued with notes of licorice, mulberries, black currants, asphalt and spring flowers, this medium to full-bodied, concentrated, rich effort does not reveal an excess of rusticity or astringency. It should drink well for 10-15 years. This under-the-radar chateau never receives much attention even though it is the beneficiary of a new, conscientious proprietor. robert_parker - Wine Advocate - Apr 2013
Robert Parker, RobertParker.com (Apr 2013)
James Molesworth 91-94/100
Pure, ripe and engaging, with lovely notes of floral and bergamot leading to a core of succulent plum, boysenberry and blackberry fruit. A good underpinning of iron is buried on the finish. james_molesworth, Wine Spectator, April 8 2013
James Molesworth, WineSpectator.com (Apr 2013)

About this wine

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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