Chateau Cantemerle Haut-Medoc 2019 agrapart This is Merlot stripped of

This is Merlot stripped of convention: medium-bodied

chanting incantations and conjuring spirits

2016 is one of the modern era's great Brunello vintages

The Vigna Cinque Querce vineyard sits at 500–550 meters on clay-limestone soils

Taste: Honeyed malt and vanilla on arrival

Chateau Cantemerle Haut-Medoc 2019 agrapart This is Merlot stripped ofCantemerle embodies the traditions we love about Bordeaux, and it manages to deliver real value while doing it. Classified Fifth Growth in 1855 (though critic John Gilman argues it should really be a Third), the chteau sits on the wrong side of Margaux's border the same gravelly Haut Mdoc terroir, none of the cachet or the price. They are one of the few estates still vinifying most of their grand vin in concrete vats. They never adopted the modern