Cantenac Brown - Margaux 2006

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

93

byJane Ansonthe1/4/2022

« A great example of why it's important to think about serving temperature and aerating older Bordeaux. This is a little subdued on opening, but with just 30 minutes in a carafe it spills out rich pencil lead and liquorice notes, softened by hedgrowbrambled blackberry fruits and smoky vanilla spice in the mid palate. Classic Margaux 2006, with fairly high acidity that
helps emphasise the floral edge, with refined tannins and the beginning of a tertiary character. The finish emphasises the savoury tannins of a well-aged Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant wine, slightly drying but a juicy mint leaf kick that shows there is plenty of life ahead. This is ready to go today and is extremely drinkable, but there is no rush and it will hold its own for another few decades. An unusual vintage at Cantenac Brown, where they produced only 30% of 1st wine, reflecting a new regime of greater precision in harvesting and sorting. 60% new oak.Coming back to it with food after a few hours, it's even better -definitely easy to recommend.»

Wine Advocate

88

byNeal Martinthe5/31/2016

Tasted blind at Farr Vintners' horizontal, the 2006 Cantenac Brown offers a pleasant cranberry and raspberry coulis-scented bouquet with nicely integrated oak. The palate is medium-bodied with quite high acidity, fresh in the mouth, but rather steely and it seems to miss some depth on the otherwise elegant finish. The intentions are good here, but it does not quite pull it off. Tasted April 2016.

Jancis Robinson

16.50

byJancis Robinsonthe1/27/2010

Now this smells rather Italian and savoury to me! Firm and not that dense but it has not totally lost connection with Margaux style.Drink 2015-2028

Wine Spectator

90

byJames Sucklingthe3/31/2009

A gorgeous nose of blackberry and plum jam, with a vanilla bean hint. Full-bodied and soft-textured, with round, chewy tannins and lots of fruit. A little loosely knit now, but will come together beautifully with age. Best after 2012.

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar

86-88

byStephen Tanzerthe6/30/2008

Good bright red-ruby. Perfumed aromas of blackberry and spicy oak. Nicely tactile flavors of dark fruits, licorice, minerals and game lead to a distinctly firm-edged finish featuring slightly dry, oak-driven tannins. A rather Pauillac style of Margaux.

Le Point

18

byJacques Dupontthe5/24/2007

Framboise, rose rouge, bouche très dense, pleine, épicée, tanins onctueux et serrés, très belle trame, large et long, une sorte de condensé de margaux mais sans rusticité ni vulgarité, beau fruit en finale.

WeinWisser

17

byRené Gabrielthe5/7/2007

2015-2028. Tiefes, sattes Granat mit bläulichem Schimmer. Florales Holunderbouquet, schöne Tiefe. Im Gaumen dicht, cremig, nicht mehr so vorstehende Tannine wie bei früheren Jahrgängen, blaubeeriges, homogenes Fnale. DIe neuen Besitzer sind auf sicherem Kurs, der Wein ist hervorragend gelungen und weistaufrund der fordernden Adstringenz ein interessantes Potenzial auf.