Stefan Dolhain

9.5

2022 vintage. Cantemerle is always about elegance, and this exceptional vintage is no exception. Cassis, blackberries, subtle floral hints, and very delicate oak. Exemplary purity of fruit, velvety tannins and serious length. Hard to resist young, but this should age effortlessly for a few decades. The best Cantemerle I have ever tasted, and incredible value too. Abv. 13,5%. — 4 days ago

Rufus King

9.2

Smooth Haut Medoc red blend, enjoyed with steak frites at Bistro du Midi, Boston — 11 days ago

Jason Bowman

10

Decanted for an hour. Extremely good, rich and balanced. Wife loves California cab sav and thought this was better than most California cabs. One of the best French wines I’ve had. — 4 days ago

JKT

9.1

First taste!? Mature with a bit of bricking but still nice solid color and bouquet of mature red fruits and earth. Velvety and enticing on palate. Excellent with Evan’s Shanghainese pork belly. 51/43/4/2 Merlot/Cab/CabFranc/Petit Verdot on label from Bernard Magrez touting same attention as his Pape Clement, and long history dating back to 1120. Importer label says 37/55/6/2 instead! (Oldest in Medoc, 1400 by house of Foix loyal to King of England. 1486 Camet new owner. 1500s by Michel de Montaigne.) — 14 days ago

Jeff Choy

9.2

Was expecting less from this vintage but what a stunner. — 15 days ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.1

2022 vintage. A solid effort. — a month ago

Peter Isacksen

9.0

Big, rich and perfect pair with a rib eye! — a month ago

LM Segal

9.4

Dark and brooding, plenty of wet earth and graphite. Dark red fruit on the nose and palate, more extracted than I’d guess from an HM, masculine with an alluring dark herbal streak. Kept going back to this. Will get better for 3-5 years still, lots of power to spare. — 25 days ago

Ashraf Attal

8.9

Home with my wife — 11 days ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

For our reception, I packed a magnum of this in 2007 into my suitcase.. Same as it was that night, it is tonight. Every 750ml I/we have had since then has better than the magnum I brought. The magnum was good, but a touch broken down. This is in amazing shape. Storage is everything w/ wine of this age.

The nose was straight up brighter, aged fruit profile with mushrooms, sweetened led pencil & barnyard. Beautiful. Classic 80’s seminole Bordeaux. 48 years from inception & 46 years in bottle, amazing.

Happy anniversary Sofia! ❤️ you endlessly!

This is a perfect example of why I love Bordeaux. — a month ago