Matt Trader

9.2

Valentine's Day 2018. Paired with Roasted Butterflied Lobster Tail, and a Chocolate Truffle Torte. Notes to come:)

- - Brane-Cantenac is a special wine to my wife and I. It is the first Bordeaux Chateaux we ever visited on our honeymoon. It is this little modest estate sitting in the shadow of the oversized Chateaux of Cantenac Brown, but it couldn't be more opposite when you bring the wine into the mix. Classic Margaux nose but less funk and more fruit. Terrior is hard to define, but if you have been somewhere memorable, and have a wine or food from that place.. it's when you have it again and it transports you back that to that place and time that defines that for me. It smells of the cool clean air and morning dew, sunshine, gravel dust from the road we had just driven in on, leather and wood from the barn, and the fresh overtones of fruity wine just beginning fermentation in the production facility that make up the core character of the wine. It is the terrior of Cantenac, and more specifically of Brane-Cantenac.

Paired this with Roasted Butterflied Lobster, and Broccolini, and a little left over for the Chocolate Truffle Torte I made as well for Valentine's Day. — 8 years ago

Jeffrey Lew

9.7

90 Las Cases. Usually these take decades to come around, but this bottle is firing on all cylinders. Best bottle from the case so far. PNP, Dark fruits and great notes of earth,leather and tobacco. Wonderful stuff — 9 years ago

Jay Svoboda

8.9

I'm going to come clean, I'm not a huge Caymus fan. It's by no means a bad wine - far from it - but I've always felt they blend their Cab with too much Zin. I could be wrong on that account, but I don't think I am. Still, a nice brooding nose of dark red and blue fruit, with a touch of candied fruit and wet earth. — 10 years ago

MasterPK

9.0

Not showing too well.... need some time to come around. — 10 years ago

Christian Gourdin

10

Delicious - aromas of toast, and flowers come through the most. — 11 years ago

Michael Smith

9.3

What can you say, classic Reims crisp and tart. This NV is as consistent as they come. — 11 years ago

Alessandro Cantarelli

9.1

molto strutturato e vellutato al palato ribes e mirtilli sciroppati al naso molto raffinato come il Barbaresco buono deve essere — 8 years ago

Michael Meyer

9.3

Better days to come — 9 years ago

Rocket Rod

9.1

Lovely balance and long finish. Classic "Grange" characteristics with better QPR. Drinking nicely now but lots of fun to come down the line. — 9 years ago

Skip Smyser

9.2

Young and robust but will peak in at least 10 years. Tight and slow to release. We could come back to this Tommorrow and it would be better — 10 years ago

with Jayson and Jason

Bryan Garcia

Sales Grand Cru Selections

9.3

Teenager that needs a little more time to come out of his shell. Classic Chave weight, texture, and elegance. — 10 years ago

with Patrick

Anh Tram

9.0

Always a great choice . Silver oak always come through — 11 years ago

Kristina Hayden Bustamante

9.4

This is a wine that can be cellared for years to come. We opened it a little early but still a real treat. Straight garnet in color, burnt Carmel and sugar, black tea , a light eucalyptus perhaps and black tar on the nose.
There is luxardo cherry and cassis or kirsch element to the flavor. Great wine. — 12 years ago

Emily Rawitsch

9.2

The night before the movers come! — 9 years ago

with Craig

Steven Gullo

9.3

Amazing focus and depth. Mineral, Pear, Golden Apple. Still quite primary and will last for many years to come. — 9 years ago

Ben Lehman

9.2

Funky funky berry juice. Starting to come around. Last 2 bottles I had felt downright dormant. This is starting to show it's stuff, and I like what it's showing — 10 years ago

Winston Biltz

9.6

Elegant wine with finesse and a smooth finish. Violets on the nose. Slight hints of pepper . Cab franc and floral notes come through in the end. — 10 years ago

with Bob

Lewis Chester

9.4

2004 vintage. 86% Cabernet Sauvignon on the '04. Very good complexity, huge concentration and some very expensive carpentry applied on new French oak barrels. Bright acidity and fine grained tannins. Lovely aromas of black berry and black currant, plush oak, sweet spices and layers of complexity. Still very young. The structure should see this improve in bottle for many years to come. Outstanding. — 10 years ago

Sam Coturri

Winery Sixteen 600, Enterprise Vineyards and the Moon Mountain District

9.3

Still pretty young. Refined, graphite giving way to pipe tobacco and bitter chocolate but still waiting to come together. Mid-palate presence seemed jumbled. — 11 years ago

Charles Schneider

9.9

Extraordinary, with many extraordinary years to come! — 12 years ago