Château Cantebau

Château Dauzac Grand Cru Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2009

Frei Thomas

9.5

Vintage 2009. Dunkle Farbe starker Körper. Wundervolle Nase. Langanhaltender Abgang. Ein riesen Genuss. — 2 months ago

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Château Cantebau

Graves Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend

Vay John Blazina

9.5

A lovely complex nose with a full complex body & a good medium aftertaste. — 6 years ago

Château Cantebau

Comtesse de Vigne Longue Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend 2013

Olivier Delestre

9.1

Typical Pessac-Leognan taste — 7 years ago

Château Cantebau

Labastide Dauzac Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2014

Aaron Tan

8.9

My gut feeling on the identity of this blind was a young Brunello or Rosso with new oak. In hindsight, if I had been a little more methodical, the identity would have been obvious - the stickiness of the tannins as it hits the palate on the tongue was a dead giveaway of the Merlot (49%) component, while the directionality of the tannins as it moved across the palate along the gums (on the base of teeth) can clearly be attributed to Cabernet Sauvignon (51%). Flavours again tripped me. The Morello cherry aroma, sheen of volatile acidity, fresher fruit ripeness, elegant medium body, and tart acidity just never put me onto Bordeaux… but of course it was a Margaux.

This was a really elegant example of Bordeaux, but does come off a little simple - just juicy fruits (red on the nose, black on the palate) and new oak, which leaves you yearning for more complexity to fill the “void” between the flavours. It is perhaps still a little young at this stage (my notes came after 3 hours of aeration; started off real tight according to RL), so could offer more with cellaring. Notably, I enjoyed this without much palate fatigue, although the new oak still irks me. A huge victory for young Bordeaux in my books. — 2 months ago

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