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2016 Chateau Brane Cantenac - Margaux (750ml)
Chateau Brane Cantenac
SKU 102161

2016 Chateau Brane Cantenac - Margaux (750ml)

$119.00 - $119.00
$119.00
$119.00 - $119.00
$119.00
Availability:
24 available

Canon is a Premier Grand Cru Classé on Saint-Émilion’s clay-limestone plateau, owned by the Wertheimer family of Chanel since 1996. It has been one of the Right Bank’s big risers over the past decade. The 2019 is Merlot-led with Cabernet Franc, from a hot, dry summer and an ideal autumn, and it was aged 18 months in French oak. Raspberry, red plum and blueberry come with raw cocoa, dark chocolate, rose petal and chalk. It is full and seamless, with velvety tannins and a long, perfumed finish. Critics call it one of the most refined and elegant wines of the vintage. It’s drinking well with a decant now and has decades ahead of it.

96 Points
"The 2016 Brane-Cantenac has been on a roll of late, under the watchful

eye of Henri Lurton. This latest bottled vintage is superb. The divine,

pure blackberry and bilberry bouquet develops touches of graphite in

the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, silky-smooth

texture and a superb bead of acidity. This is not a powerful BraneCantenac, and it is perhaps less austere than I suspected en primeur,

but it should drink beautifully over the next three decades. If you have

a penchant for traditional claret, it really doesn’t come better than this"
—Neal Martin-Vinous Media
Appellation: Margaux
Vintage: 2016
Region: Bordeaux
Country: France
Bottle Size: 750ml
Producer: Chateau Brane Cantenac
Chateau Brane Cantenac

Canon is a Premier Grand Cru Classé on Saint-Émilion’s clay-limestone plateau, owned by the Wertheimer family of Chanel since 1996. It has been one of the Right Bank’s big risers over the past decade. The 2019 is Merlot-led with Cabernet Franc, from a hot, dry summer and an ideal autumn, and it was aged 18 months in French oak. Raspberry, red plum and blueberry come with raw cocoa, dark chocolate, rose petal and chalk. It is full and seamless, with velvety tannins and a long, perfumed finish. Critics call it one of the most refined and elegant wines of the vintage. It’s drinking well with a decant now and has decades ahead of it.

96 Points
"The 2016 Brane-Cantenac has been on a roll of late, under the watchful

eye of Henri Lurton. This latest bottled vintage is superb. The divine,

pure blackberry and bilberry bouquet develops touches of graphite in

the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, silky-smooth

texture and a superb bead of acidity. This is not a powerful BraneCantenac, and it is perhaps less austere than I suspected en primeur,

but it should drink beautifully over the next three decades. If you have

a penchant for traditional claret, it really doesn’t come better than this"
—Neal Martin-Vinous Media
Appellation: Margaux
Vintage: 2016
Region: Bordeaux
Country: France
Bottle Size: 750ml
Producer: Chateau Brane Cantenac