A well-constructed wine that is ripe with black fruits and integrated tannins, this is in a good place for aging. Black-currant fruitiness is balanced by a dry, smoky core that holds promise. Drink this wine from 2026.
94 points, Roger Voss, Wine Enthusiast (May 2021)
Rich aromas of blackberries, dried currants, chocolate, walnuts and tile on the nose. It’s medium-to full-bodied with firm, fine-grained tannins. Polished and structured with a nice core of black fruit. Give it at least a couple of years of bottle age. Lovely balance to it. Try after 2023.
93 points, James Suckling (Jan 2021)
Concentration and power through the palate, lovely quality, with depth and texture to the brambled fruit, wrapped with freshly cut herbs, gunsmoke and cocoa bean, maintains the elegance and chalky minerality of Cantemerle, a touch abrupt on the finish. A ripe vintage where they focused on stripping back any interventions in the cellar, low yields after hail. worked on less intervention, plus the Cabernet Sauvignon that was older, more elegant, still some lower yields because of hail in this year. 40% new oak for ageing, Eric Boissenot consultant, Philippe Dambrine estate director.
92 points, Jane Anson (Mar 2025)
There's an enjoyable texture and plush fruit in this elegant, well balanced wine. It has precise aromatics of black pepper, liquorice and freshly cut herbs. It's good but a touch more restrained than most of its peers. 33hl/ha. Aged in 40% new oak. 6% Petit Verdot makes up the blend.
92 points, Decanter (Mar 2019)
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