Methuselah Château Cantenac Brown - Margaux 2009 b5952cb1c3ab96cb3c8c63cfb3dccaca

Wine Advocate

93 / 100

byNeal Martinthe1/1/2013

Served blind at the Southwold 2009 tasting. One of the standout and perhaps most surprising showings was the performance of Cantenac-Brown '09. It has a more lifted, oaky bouquet with dark cherries, cassis and violets. It displays good precision with admirable purity. The palate is medium-bodied with a sweet sappy entry. It is very primal compared to its peers, but it shows very good balance, whilst the finish is precise and silky smooth. This has more to give and so patience is required. Tasted January 2013.

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar

89 / 100

byStephen Tanzerthe7/31/2012

Full ruby-red. Brooding aromas of blackberry, espresso and licorice complicated by truffley underbrush. Then intensely flavored, juicy and tight, dominated today by its firm tannic spine and sound acidity. Quite primary in a positive way, this rather backward wine may merit a 90-point rating with five or six years of cellaring. 89(+?) points

Wine Spectator

92 / 100

byJames Molesworththe3/31/2012

his is perfumy and very pure, with lovely lilac and blackberry aromas followed by plum, cassis and black cherry fruit. The supple finish is caressed with toast that leaves a lingering, perfumy feel. Best from 2013 through 2023. 8,915 cases made. –JM

Wine Advocate

90 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe2/29/2012

asted twice in Bordeaux, I must say that whatever was shown to me in cask certainly did not appear to be performing as well from bottle. It could be just that the wine has closed down, but I had thought this was an extraordinary wine and one of the big time sleepers of the vintage. The tannins have taken hold, and although the wine is still outstanding, any hopes of achieving a mid-90 point score, as I had hoped, seem highly questionable. Dense ruby/purple with notes of graphite, blackberries and forest floor, the wine is full-bodied, powerful, excruciatingly tannic and closed, and that may be why it’s not showing as well as I predicted. Certainly, this was the biggest discrepancy between barrel and bottle that I saw in the vintage, but the wine is still outstanding, just not profound. It will be interesting to revisit this wine in a number of years. Forget it for 7-8 years and drink it over the following 30.

Jamessuckling.com

93 / 100

byJames Sucklingthe2/15/2012

Wonderful aromas of crushed raspberries, flowers, and hints of vanilla bean. Full body, with silky tannins and a juicy finish. Fresh and minerally. Best in 2018.

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar

88-92 / 100

byIan D'Agatathe6/30/2010

Opaque inky-purple. Flamboyant, exotic nose offers aromas of superripe black fruits, smoked meat, coffee and dark chocolate liqueur. Then very ripe and soft in style, with creamy flavors of ripe dark fruits supported by soft, polished tannins. Finishes moderately long, with a lingering floral note. Tasted three different times with different impressions, hence the wider-than-usual scoring range.

Vinum

17,5 / 20

byRolf Bichselthe6/30/2010

Beginnt diskret und komplex, zeigt würzige und blumige Komponenten, Noten von Teekräuten; von ausgesuchter Balance, was die Extraktion und die Frische der Tannine betrifft, die voll sind und dicht und sanft und seidig und unglaublich delikat, reif und fein und rund, und endet enorm lang und fruchtig; die Wucht und das gemeisterte Feuer wirken nicht aufgesetzt, sondern perfekt integriert als zusätzliche Dimension. Einmal mehr von besonderer schöner Art. 2017 bis 2025

Le Figaro

93-95 / 100

byBernard Burtschythe6/30/2010

Robe très sombre. Nez intense de réglisse. En bouche, splendide attaque souple et veloutée avec un joli milieu bouche un peu boisé pour le moment, le merlot cajole, le vin est très séducteur en finale. Belle réussite.

timatkin.com

91 / 100

byTim Atkin MWthe6/30/2010

13% alcohol. 65CS, 35M There’s a fair whack of oak on this Cabernet-dominated blend at the moment, but the bramble and cassis fruit beneath is supple, yet well-structured, too. The tannins are sweet and silky, but there’s enough power to sustain the wine in barrel and bottle. 10+ years.

La Revue du Vin de France

17,5-18,5 / 20

the5/31/2010

Le fruit est très savoureux, avec une belle gestion de l'équilibre. Le nez se révèle fin, sur des arômes de mûre, de cassis et une touche de menthe. La bouche est une boule de fruit, avec une densité magnifique et toujours beaucoup de fraîcheur malgré la grande richesse du vin. Jolie finale soyeuse.

Le Point

16,5-17 / 20

byJacques Dupontthe5/6/2010

Nez fruits noirs, épicé, violette, bouche dense, pleine, tendue, vive, large, légère amertume en finale, fruits noirs, serré tendu, puissant, très rond, moelleux. Ca demande à s'affiner ; beaucoup de volume, mais avec de la finesse. O=2015 G=25 ans

Falstaff

87-89 / 100

byPeter Moserthe4/30/2010

Reife schwarze Kirschenfrucht, Zwetschken, etwas Dörrobst, Zesten. Mittlere Textur, etwas Bitterschokolade, extrahierte Tannine, leicht spröde im Abgang, trockener Nachhall.

New Bordeaux

93-94 / 100

byJane Ansonthe4/30/2010

Simon Halabi’s property continues to assert itself. The blend is 65% cabernet sauvignon, 35% merlot, 50% new oak. They produced 42% of the first wine in 2009, and 58% went into the second wine BriO. This is very emphatic, big and exuberant, almost seductive, if slightly try-hard. The 2008 felt more of a leap in quality for me, but this is certainly keeping up its level.

Periodic Review of Wine

92-94 / 100

byAlan Duranthe4/30/2010

The estate is now playing with the big boys! The remarkable opaque ruby-purple colored Cantenac Brown boasts blackberry liqueur, eucalyptus/white flower, cassis, and damp stone perfumes. It is aromatically pure and accompanied by a fabulous medium to full-body, and gobs of extracted flower flavour infused with superb ripeness of blackberry and cherry. This is another potent Margaux of elegance and power with huge potential due to the potency of fruit and substantial length. A huge wine by José Sanfins and certainly the beginning of things to come. Maturity period. 2015-2031.

Jean-Marc QUARIN

16,75-17 / 20

byJean-Marc Quarinthe4/30/2010

Ma meilleure note donnée à ce cru en primeurs Couleur sombre, intense, belle. Nez fin, fruité, précis. Un des plus subtils jamais vus ici. Superbe entrée en bouche juteuse, pleine de vie, de fruits. Le vin se développe charnu et très aromatique. C'est un des vins les plus aromatiques que je connaisse sur le cru. Finale tannique, à la tannicité la plus enveloppée, la plus précise aussi. C'est du grand vin avec du fruit et de l'arôme. C'est cet arôme qui qualifie ce vin de Margaux. Magnifique travail de José Sanfins : depuis deux ans sans sacrifier à la corpulence il a trouvé les termes pour donner à ce cru une définition aromatique propre à ce que les amateurs doivent attendre du vin de Margaux.

TAST

18 / 20

by Bettane & Desseauvethe4/30/2010

Ici encore une vraie et attendue évolution de style vers plus de finesse et de sophistication dans le boisé, avec un meilleur respect de la matière. L’ensemble dégageait une impression de vin de grande classe, moelleux, complexe, raffiné dans ses sensations tactiles, très long, très margaux.

Wine Advocate

84-86 / 100

byNeal Martinthe4/30/2010

Tasted at a negociant. Definite prune aromas on the nose: over-mature: more Languedoc than Margaux. The palate is full-bodied with thick and chewy tannins. It is actually quite a pure, very agreeable Cabernet, but there is no sense of Bordeaux typicité (which is kinda what you and I pay for?) Tasted March 2010.

Wine Enthusiast

91-93 / 100

byRoger Vossthe4/30/2010

Sweet, plummy wine, its tannins coming from spiced wood as much as fruit. There is a dry core, but the fruit is so opulent and ripe.

Wein Wisser

17 / 20

byRené Gabrielthe4/30/2010

Sattes Purpur-Granat. Das Bouquet wirkt einerseits etwas reserviert und kühl, und doch finden sich auch süssliche Noten von leicht überreifem Traubengut. Am Gaumen stoffig, mit guter Fülle, auch hier ein Tanz zwischen floral und fruchtig, zeigt noch ein paar Kanten, kann noch zulegen. 2018–2036

Wine Advocate

94-96 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe4/28/2010

The greatest Cantenac Brown I have ever tasted, this monumental effort possesses enormous concentration, with loads of black and blue fruits intermixed with damp earth and forest floor. I have never seen a Cantenac Brown so seamless, so powerful, yet at the same time, so elegant and densely complex. They have certainly done something here that has not been accomplished over the last three decades I have been tasting this estate’s wines. Opaque purple in color and full-bodied, this big-time sleeper of the vintage merits serious attention for the first time in my professional career. Kudos to the new ownership and team at Cantenac Brown. This wine should evolve over a 30-year period. (Tasted two times.) Drink 2010-2040. (94-96*) points

Wine Spectator

93-96 / 100

byJames Sucklingthe4/9/2010

Fresh berry and currant, with mint and spices. Full-bodied, with supervelvety tannins and a long, flavorful finish. Toasted oak, ripe fruit, everything. A beauty. Best ever.

Decanter Magazine

17 / 20

bySteven Spurrierthe4/9/2010

Dense purple red, quite meaty, savoury nose with a good lift of freshness and spice, good extraction and good firm tannins, a fleshy, fragrant wine with a good future. Drink 2014-22.

Jancis Robinson

16 / 20

byJancis Robinsonthe4/7/2010

Dark crimson. Intense meat extract savoury nose. Then rather loose on the palate with the furry tannins coming in only on the very end. Reasonably dramatic wine, not at all in the classic Margaux mould. A little drying on the finish, and just a slight lack of freshness. But certainly it has pzazz and impact. Determinedly modernistic. Drink 2016-2028

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Couleur	Rouge
Pays	France
Appellation	Margaux
Millesime	2009
Contenance	Mathusalem (6 l)
Degré d'alcool	13,5°

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Couleur	Rouge
Pays	France
Appellation	Margaux
Millesime	2009
Contenance	Mathusalem (6 l)
Degré d'alcool	13,5°
Domaine	Château Cantenac Brown

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