2015 Chateau Brane-Cantenac - Baron de BraneColour : Red Producer : Chateau Brane Cantenac Label Name : Baron de Brane Country : France Region : Bordeaux Sub Region : Margaux Variety : Proprietary Blend Vintage : 2015 Capacity : 750 ml Standard Bottle Ratings : Decanter 92 pts, Vinous 90 pts Tasting Notes : 2015 was an exceptional vintage in this part of the world, making many second wines a shrewd value purchase. Luckily this doesn't disappoint, although I cannot recommend highly enough that

tobacco and liquorice

but when it did

it is widely regarded as one of the benchmark estates of the Côte de Nuits

evoking black cherry

with richly toasted brioche and roasted hazelnut on the nose transitioning to underscore flavors of ripe black cherry

as this has a toasted macadamia nut frame around a large core of warm lemon pound cake

a south-facing terraced slope above the village of Graach that produces wines of extraordinary mineral precision and aromatic complexity from its deep blue Devon slate soils

5 L - Magnum Ratings : Wine Spectator 97 pts

Welcome rain in mid-August came at just the right time to save the harvest

274 bottles

combining a warm and concentrated growing season with the freshness and natural acidity that the Pessac-Léognan terroir retains even in warm years through the limestone-dominant subsoil’s natural drainage and the Sauvignon Blanc variety’s inherent freshness

distinguished by bright