CH BRANE CANTENAC 2019

Wine Advocate: 97 points - Derived exclusively from the château s holdings on the deep gravel soils of the plateau of Brane, the 2019 Brane-Cantenac has turned out brilliantly and merits a special effort to seek out. Wafting from the glass with aromas of wild berries, pencil shavings, violets, sweet loamy soil and cardamon, it s medium to full-bodied, layered and concentrated, with lively acids, ripe tannins and a beautifully seamless, perfumed profile. Retaining all the estate s signature elegance but with an extra dimension of depth and intensity, it s the finest Brane-Cantenac of the modern era and one of the great successes of the 2019 vintage. William Kelley