2014 Cantemerle

[JimHow]

Now this I expect to be restrained....

[Nicklasss]

Woooo, never had the 2014 but looking forward to know how amazing it is.

[JimHow]

Staid. I just don’t understand what anyone thinks they would gain by aging the 2014 Cantemerle another five, ten, fifteen years. To me the wine is drinking perfectly now. And that seems to be a common refrain of the 2014 vintage. It just hasn’t closed down. And yet, that should in no way be interpreted as a weakness. This wine, this vintage is staid. The way I love it. Lovely restraint, lovely restrained summer flowers. Beautifully reticent. Pretty. I have 3 bottles left of this wine, I wish I had 30. An easy 93+ point rating.

[stefan]

Historically, Cantemerle is a wine that can be drunk young.

Has anyone tried the 2014 Nameless Wine recently? Usually it takes longer to come around than Cantemerle, but the wonderful 1996 was good at age five and never weakened.

[DavidG]

Historically, Cantemerle is a wine that can be drunk young.

Has anyone tried the 2014 Nameless Wine recently? Usually it takes longer to come around than Cantemerle, but the wonderful 1996 was good at age five and never weakened.

2014 Nameless Haut-Médoc (1/7/2023): This took about an hour to open up, showing cherry, cassis, earthy notes. Medium body, well balanced, too young to be showing any complexity. The hive says these are ready to drink. I’m thinking they’re fine now but will reward another 5 years in the cellar.

[stefan]

Thanks, David.