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2020 Clos Cantenac, St Emilion, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
Ready - at best
Neal Martin MW
89-91/100
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
90-92/100
Jane Anson MW
93/100
Product: 20208115489
2020 Clos Cantenac, St Emilion, Bordeaux

Description

100% Merlot

Martin Krajewski has been here since 2006. As at sister property Ch. Séraphine, there has been a serious level of well-targeted investment. Although on the lower regions of St Emilion, there is a gentle north/south slope to the vineyard, and some interesting components to the soil: both clay and limestone in different sections, as well as gravels and sand. The ’20 is intense, delivered by a bouquet that is initially shy before wisps of raspberry and rich earth escape. The wine is not afraid to show its oak influence either, although this will also be affected by how the sample was prepared. Nevertheless, this is a wine that is maximising all its assets and doing so with considerable skill.

Drink 2024 - 2035

Mark Pardoe MW, Wine Director, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2020
Maturity Ready - at best
Body Full Bodied
Producer Clos Cantenac

Critics reviews

Neal Martin MW 89-91/100
The 2020 Clos Cantenac offers tightly wound black cherries and blueberry that unfurl nicely with aeration, a very subtle camphor aroma emerging with time. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black fruit, touches of graphite and tea leaf toward a clean, precise finish that is quite traditional and structured in style. It needs a little more tension in the final third but otherwise, good potential.Drink 2025 - 2035Neil Martin, Vinous.com.com (April 2021)
Drink 2025 - 2035
Neal Martin MW, Vinous.com (Apr 2021)
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 90-92/100
The 2020 Clos Cantenac is made from 100% Merlot. It has 14.5% alcohol and is aging in barriques, 40% new, for 12 months. Deep garnet-purple colored, it opens with compelling notes of plum preserves, boysenberries and blueberry compote, plus wafts of underbrush, red roses and Sichuan pepper. The medium to full-bodied palate is laden with juicy black fruits, supported by soft tannins and just enough freshness, finishing with a peppery lift. 8,000 bottles are due to be made.Drink 2024 - 2038Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate (May 2021)
Drink 2025 - 2035
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, RobertParker.com (May 2021)
Jane Anson MW 93/100
Deep plum in colour, concentrated fruit as with so many this vintage. An excellently consistent St-Emilion that is now in the skilled winemaking hands of Charlotte Krajewski. This puts the emphasis clearly on coffee grounds, lightly grilled oak and bitter chocolate that is well balanced by intense cassis and blueberry fruits. Compact tannins, a little more austere than you will find in this winemaker's Pomerol Château Seraphine. This is concentrated, with a stretched out lingering finish. 40% new oak. Could go up in score during the in-bottle tasting.Drink 2025 - 2038jane_anson_mw, Decanter.com (May 2021)
Drink 2025 - 2035
Jane Anson MW, Decanter.com (May 2021)

About this wine

Clos Cantenac

Clos Cantenac is a 3 hectares wine property with vines planted on a combination of deep gravel, sand and clay over limestone soils. It is situated close to the pre-historic "Megalith de Pierrefitte" in the Saint Emilion wine appellation and it was purchased in 2007 by Martin Krajewski, the owner of Chateau de Sours. The property is  is run by Krajewski on the helm  along with wine enthusiast Marcus Le Grice from New Zealand and Sebastien Lamothe, Oenologist and Technical Director of Chateau de Sours.
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