2009 Ch Camensac Haut Medoc
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:06 pm
2009 Ch Camensac Haut Medoc
I bought this quite cheaply at a closing down sale at Carrefour in Singapore.
Pity actually as it was the best place to get cheese and several other items. Oh well.
The wine is very dark in colour, almost black, with red/purple rim.
Decanted into the duck decanter a few hrs before consuming, with the nose being reticent first though offering typical 09 aromas - this vintage is a modern day 1982.
So it has aromas of coffee, dark chocolate, dark fruits, vanilla and sawn wood.
Palate is firm, medium to full bodied with powerful but ripe tanins - this is such a characteristic of 09.
The tannins are there in the abundance though they are ripe and chocolaty - reminding me of some Barossa Valley estates (I mean the tannin structure).
The fruit is NOT open though there is enough of it to give a glipse of what it will be like, and the ripe tannis and adequate acidity give nice mouthfeel and enough flavours to suggest it will be very nice in a decade or so.
You can drink it now if you decant it for some hours though I do think it is a bit of a waste.
Camensac has had a spotty history but on the basis of this tasting, it is now a very well made wine.
It isn't a lafite or Margaux but for the price paid (about $US30) I think it was a very good buy.
Scavenged the last 8 bottles they had.
I bought this quite cheaply at a closing down sale at Carrefour in Singapore.
Pity actually as it was the best place to get cheese and several other items. Oh well.
The wine is very dark in colour, almost black, with red/purple rim.
Decanted into the duck decanter a few hrs before consuming, with the nose being reticent first though offering typical 09 aromas - this vintage is a modern day 1982.
So it has aromas of coffee, dark chocolate, dark fruits, vanilla and sawn wood.
Palate is firm, medium to full bodied with powerful but ripe tanins - this is such a characteristic of 09.
The tannins are there in the abundance though they are ripe and chocolaty - reminding me of some Barossa Valley estates (I mean the tannin structure).
The fruit is NOT open though there is enough of it to give a glipse of what it will be like, and the ripe tannis and adequate acidity give nice mouthfeel and enough flavours to suggest it will be very nice in a decade or so.
You can drink it now if you decant it for some hours though I do think it is a bit of a waste.
Camensac has had a spotty history but on the basis of this tasting, it is now a very well made wine.
It isn't a lafite or Margaux but for the price paid (about $US30) I think it was a very good buy.
Scavenged the last 8 bottles they had.