The Château Cantemerle of Haut-Médoc of Bordeaux

Château Cantemerle - Baron Villeneuve de Cantemerle Haut-Médoc
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 24 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Haut-Médoc in the region of Bordeaux
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The Château Cantemerle is one of the world's great estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Haut-Médoc to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Cantemerle wines

Looking for the best Château Cantemerle wines in Haut-Médoc among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Cantemerle wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château Cantemerle wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Cantemerle

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Cantemerle

How Château Cantemerle wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of kafta bil saniyeh (lebanese dish), shoulder of lamb on a bed of potatoes or roast duck in the oven.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Cantemerle

On the nose the red wine of Château Cantemerle. often reveals types of flavors of iron, walnut or black plum and sometimes also flavors of dried herbs, tobacco leaf or citrus fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Château Cantemerle. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Cantemerle

  • 1971With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1966With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1964With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 1975With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 1982With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 1986With an average score of 4.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Cantemerle.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Haut-Médoc

The wine region of Haut-Médoc is located in the region of Médoc of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Lestage Simon or the Château La Lagune produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Haut-Médoc are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Haut-Médoc often reveals types of flavors of leather, sour cherry or almonds and sometimes also flavors of chalk, hay or orange.

In the mouth of Haut-Médoc is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 512 estates and châteaux in the of Haut-Médoc, producing 836 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Haut-Médoc go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Cantemerle

Planning a wine route in the of Haut-Médoc? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Cantemerle.

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

News about Château Cantemerle and wines from the region

Angélus, Léoville Barton join 2021 en primeur releases

Château Angélus 2021 was released this morning (23 May) at €265 per bottle ex-Bordeaux, according to Liv-ex, up by around 2% on the opening price of the 2020 vintage last year. Merchants were offering Angélus 2021 for £3,120 (12x75cl in bond). Decanter’s Georgie Hindle scored Angélus 2021 95 points, praising its ‘exceptional finesse’. She said the wine represents an excellent effort, following a Bordeaux 2021 growing season that presented many weather challenges. This vintage of Angélus contains ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Château Peyrabon in Bordeaux gets new owner

BCAP, a group controlled by the Castéja family, has agreed to acquire Château Peyrabon and Château La Fleur Peyrabon from Millésima, a subsidiary of the Bernard family, a joint-statement by both families said. Financial details weren’t disclosed. Peyrabon, in Haut-Médoc, was ranked as a ‘Supérieur’ estate in the Cru Bourgeois 2020 classification, which saw the ranking return to a three-tier system. ‘Supérieur’ is above standard Cru Bourgeois level but below ‘Exceptionnel’. Millésima and the Bern ...

The word of the wine: Melchior

Bottle with a capacity of 18 litres.