Tasting Notes
JancisRobinson.com 15.5
Tasted blind. Almost jammy it’s so rich on the nose! Very dry finish. A bit austere.
Anticipated maturity: 2024-2030
Vinous 91
The 2016 Cantemerle has a fresh bouquet of airy, floral black fruit; light violet scents emerge with time. The sorbet-fresh palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, and blood orange mingles with supple red fruit toward the graphite-infused finish. Delicious, classic and probably destined to age with class. Maybe a great value to boot?
Anticipated maturity: 2022-2045
Robert Parker 89
Medium garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Cantemerle offers up warm plums, black cherries and mulberries with an earth and bay leaves undercurrent. The palate is medium-bodied with just enough fruit and pleasantly chewy tannins, finishing with an herbal lift.
Anticipated maturity: 2019-2028