Cantenac Brown other_regions_italy boysenberry

boysenberry

This is certainly good but 2017 is not a great vintage for this wine

41% Merlot

strangely making me think of Danish pastry towards the well-defined finish

Cantenac Brown other_regions_italy boysenberryThe 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