Cantenac Brown Vintage:2003 but it’s surprisingly vital too

but it’s surprisingly vital too

This wine is aging in French oak barriques

The old vines are very much apparent as this velvety yet very serious effort displays excellent power and like many of these Gevrey grands crus

The Sandrone family employed 38 people for farming

but there are some gorgeous peach and citrus notes that flourish on the finish

Cantenac Brown Vintage:2003 but it’s surprisingly vital tooThe 2000 Cantenac Brown is a vintage that I last tasted just after bottling. It has a rather splendid bouquet that has matured beautifully with raspberry preserve, wild strawberry, dark chocolate and hints of rose petal, a touch of liquorice developing with aeration. The palate is perhaps showing its age a bit more with ferrous red fruit, grainy texture and a little sharpness towards the finish. But this is a typical, quite delicious mature Margaux