The Château Brane-Cantenac of Margaux of Bordeaux

Château Brane-Cantenac - Baron de Brane Margaux
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 14 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Margaux in the region of Bordeaux
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The Château Brane-Cantenac is one of the world's great estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Margaux to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Brane-Cantenac wines

Looking for the best Château Brane-Cantenac wines in Margaux among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Brane-Cantenac 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 Brane-Cantenac wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Brane-Cantenac

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Brane-Cantenac

How Château Brane-Cantenac wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of blanquette of monkfish with small vegetables, tajine with 2 meats and preserved lemons or duck breast with honey-orange sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Brane-Cantenac

On the nose the red wine of Château Brane-Cantenac. often reveals types of flavors of cream, toffee or honey and sometimes also flavors of sweet tobacco, hay or grass. In the mouth the red wine of Château Brane-Cantenac. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Brane-Cantenac

  • 1989With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1985With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1961With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1962With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1988With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1996With an average score of 4.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Brane-Cantenac.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Carménère

Discovering the wine region of Margaux

The wine region of Margaux is located in the region of Médoc of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Margaux or the Château Palmer produce mainly wines red, white and other. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Margaux are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Margaux often reveals types of flavors of iron, bitter almond or pencil shavings and sometimes also flavors of dried rose, pencil lead or acacia.

In the mouth of Margaux is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 241 estates and châteaux in the of Margaux, producing 408 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Margaux go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Brane-Cantenac

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

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Château Brane-Cantenac and wines from the region

Ausone, Canon, Pichon Comtesse lead en primeur flurry

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Château Lafon-Rochet appoints Christophe Congé as MD

Having joined Domaine Barons de Rothschild in 1999, Congé has since held the role of oenologist and wine operations manager across Château Lafite Rothschild and Château Duhart Milon for over 22 years. He has now been appointed MD of  Saint-Estèphe fourth growth Château Lafon-Rochet. He takes on his new role with immediate effect. Congé will work closely with Emmanuel Cruse, director of Vignobles Cruse-Lorenzetti, which acquired Château Lafon-Rochet from the Tesseron family last year. The appoint ...

The word of the wine: Sweet

Generic term for wines containing residual sugar (natural sugars in the grapes that have not been transformed into alcohol). It is also used to describe a wine with a dominantly sweet flavour, without further explanation.