2024 Brane Cantenac

Auslieferung bis zum Herbst 2027!
Delivery until Fall 2027!

Tons of energy, stone fruits, cherry pits, damson, a lovely feeling of fruit that has plenty of life ahead it, fresh and juicy with sapidity. not trying too hard just full of pleasure. Edge of grilled campfire, graphite, generosity, easily one of the wines of the vintage. 11.3% press wine, 3.53pH, 46.6hl/ha yield. Harvest 17 September to 8 October, 80% new oak for ageing.
95/100 Jane Anson

(Margaux; 77% Cabernet Sauvignon; 22% Merlot; 1% Cabernet Franc – all sourced from the plateau of Brane on Terrace 4 terroirs; pH 3.53; 11.3% press wine; an impressive final yield of 46.6 hl/ha; 12.5% alcohol; around 40% of the total production after a very strict selection; tasted at the UGC press tasting at the Cité du Vin and then at the property with Henri Lurton). The 100th anniversary of the Lurton family’s acquisition of the property. Black cherries, plump blueberries, cassis, black berry, bramble, walnut oil and cedar, cedar, cedar (actually, it’s a little more subtle than that implies). Peonies and irises too. This is slow to open but gorgeously enticing as it does so (it’s actually a little less closed when re-tasted at the property). Plump, plush, lithe and extremely refined. Soft and succulent, that gentle Rpulse extraction allowing this to attain a density very rare in the vintage. The acidity is just a little raised, but this is a very fine achievement, with the wine even achieving a certain opulence. It doesn’t have quite the mid-palate delineation and sparkle of the 2020 or 2022 but it is excellent when set it any comparative context. Remarkably (and unmistakably) Brane!
92-94/100+ Colin Hay; The Drinks Business

Deep garnet-purple colored. Slowly unfurls in the glass to reveal fragrant notes of warm red plums, kirsch, and strawberry pie, plus hints of mossy tree bark and black olives. The light to medium-bodied palate is plush and refreshing with impressive intensity and a perfumed finish. Pretty!
93-95/100 Lisa Perrotti-Brown; The Wine Independent