Cantenac Brown Vintage:2009 green apple and discreet spice

green apple and discreet spice elements evidences just a touch of pain grillé

floral and soft oak scents

This wine offers an impeccable balance between nose and mouth

medicinal herb and crushed mineral

the 2012 Pichon Lalande is a wine of pure and total seduction

Cantenac Brown Vintage:2009 green apple and discreet spiceThe 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