Freddy R. Troya

9.2

Château Cantegril – Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc, Muscadelle / 2019
AOC Barsac – Bordeaux, France 🇫🇷

Overview
A Grand Vin de Sauternes crafted by the Dubourdieu family in Barsac, this 2019 vintage blends the region’s classics: Sémillon dominant, Sauvignon Blanc, and a touch of Muscadelle. Botrytis cinerea (noble rot) weaves its magic here, concentrating sugars and intensifying aromas.

Aromas & Flavors
Lush notes of apricot, candied orange peel, and pineapple rise from the glass, layered with honey, acacia blossom, and a hint of saffron. The sweetness is deeply expressive but never cloying.

Mouthfeel
Silky and opulent, yet balanced by Barsac’s hallmark freshness and mineral tension. A luscious golden core with excellent length, pure heaven in a glass.

Food Pairings
Perfect with Roquefort, foie gras, or blue cheeses, but equally divine alongside fruit tarts, crème brûlée, or spicy Asian cuisine. For a daring contrast, try with fried chicken.

Verdict
2019 Château Cantegril is heaven on earth, an elegant and classic Barsac that shows the Dubourdieu family’s mastery. A wine that proves Sauternes and Barsac remain unmatched when it comes to liquid gold.

Did You Know?
Barsac AOC wines can legally be labeled either “Barsac” or “Sauternes.” Château Cantegril is often described as one of the “entry gates” to the Dubourdieu family’s sweet wine heritage, offering top quality at a more approachable level than their Château Doisy-Daëne.

🍷 Personal Pick Highlight: This is one of those wines that makes you stop mid-sip and smile, it’s just that magical. — 7 days ago

"Odedi"

9.2

Trothe Winery Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2019, Washington State

It is time for my #FridayCabernetfix. Here is a delicious Cabernet Sauvignon from Horse Heaven Hills.

Dark purple in color with a purplish rim.

Very pretty nose of blueberries, black plums, black cherries, currants, oak, spices, tobacco leaf, pencil lead, wildflowers, vegetables, earth, dark coffee, dark chocolates and black pepper.
Showing great complexity already.

Medium plus in body with medium plus acidity.

Very dry on the palate with currants, cherries, oak, light vanilla, spices, tobacco leaf, dark coffee, black pepper, vegetables, herbs, chocolates, earth, black tea, wet leaves and pencil lead.

Nice length on the finish with dusty tannins and raspberries.

This is a very interesting Cabernet Sauvignon from Washington State. Much earthier than I expected.

This 3-year-old is showing very nice complexity already. Still very young, and needs 5 years in the bottle to mature properly. A good quality wine that will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years.

Feels like a good quality Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon. Really enjoyed the nose here.

Needs 4 hours in a decanter to open up properly, and balance itself out.

Will pair nicely with a nice piece of steak. I paired it with cheeses and crackers. Paired nicely with the Double Brie cheese.

Aged for 23 months in (77% new) French Oak barrels. A tiny production of only 9 barrels.

14.7% alcohol by volume.

$190. — 3 years ago

Mary H

9.2

Beautiful expression of the local Sonoma Coast terroir (loam and schist soils) though made in an Old World style (foot stomping?). Fruit-forward cranberry, grape notes, light acidity and gentle tannins. — 5 months ago

"Odedi"

9.4

It is time for my #FridayCabernetfix.

This is a gorgeous Bordeaux blend from Washington State.

Dry on the palate with nice complexity and mouthfeel.

Showing black fruits with cedar, vanilla, leather, spices, tobacco, chocolates, coffee, cola, black pepper, light vegetables, earth and licorice.

Feels like a Napa Cabernet with light age. Showing great complexity already.

Robert Parker 94 points.

Good right out of the bottle, and better after 2 hours of airtime.

Very yummy now, and will continue to age nicely in the next 10 to 15 years.

This is a fabulous Cabernet.

A blend of 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Merlot and 6% Cabernet Franc. Aged in new French oak barrels for 20 months.

94 points.

$120. — 2 years ago

Vino Joe

9.5

Annata Biondi-Santi. This is absolutely delicious. Always special from this producer. Love the color. Classic Sangiovese. Orange rimmed next to the pale red. Balanced between some grippy but delicate tannins and approachable fruit. The nose has some spice and some earth but they don’t bring a kick so much as depth. The bottom line is you can tell it’s great because the wine drinks so fast! — 3 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

Needs 25 minutes. Water on open.

Then … this is why these guys are among the top natural wine producers on earth.

The color of rose saignee

Nose is cranberry flower. A hint of lemon pith. As this opens nose is like very expensive 25 year old Burgundy.

Palate is cranberry. Mountain stream. Geek heaven. Off the charts internal aromatics. A hint of Barolo chinato. Yeah. That off the beaten path. Cinnamon. Clove. Bark. But it’s all grapes ? The magic of God himself revealed to man in a glass.


Amazing. Orgasmic nose. In a perfect market this cost thousands. The ultimate goal of the elite is to experience what no one else can. And this is that.

Nothing like this.

Bought from fass selections — 4 years ago

Charles Nebolsky

9.8

An amazing sake, clear, crisp and completely delicious — 7 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.3

Vintage 1989 | When and with who you taste can influence your appreciation tremendously. After a blind tasting with terrific wines I poured this wine (blind) in the glasses with sourdough bread and goose rillette. Combination made in heaven. The well known tension between sweet and acids completed it. A treat. With wine friends @Liselotte Brouwers @Berry Marinussen Maarten Drop. — 8 months ago

Tom Garland

9.4

1 hour decant (lots of cloudy sediment). An amazing medium dark ruby red color. On the nose: bursting out of the glass are notes of strawberry, smoked meat, that Cayuse funk(luv it), dry forest floor, bacon fat. Taste: Wow...smooth, savory, silky, rich wine with cherry/raspberry, earth, gamey notes, spice, and a cedar tea intense long finish. A must try if you like the savory funk! Cheers. — 3 years ago

with Brenda

Jakub Kalinowski

9.0

Lovely aromatic with red fruit, pomegranate, some cassis and an undertone of dark, moist earth. A hint of pencil shavings, too.
On the palate this is medium bodied, cool, fresh & juicy, the tannins adding a nice, firm frame. Nice interplay between the sweet & sour red fruit and savoury undertones. Long silky finish with a touch of mint & sage.
Fresher & cooler than 2016, but consistently v. good & brilliant value for a Bordeaux blend! Yum! — 4 years ago