Château Cantemerle 2025
Haut-Médoc 5ème Grand Cru Classé
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£116.00
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Arriving: Mid 2028
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| Style: Red | Packaging: OWC |
| ABV: 13.0% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: No | Drink from: 2032 |
| Biodynamic: No | Drink to: 2045 |
| Grapes: 71% Cabernet Sauvignon; 18% Merlot; 7% Cabernet Franc; 4% Petit Verdot | |
Critic scores
91-93 NM, 91-93 AG, 93-94 JS, 93-95 LPB, 94 JA, 95 DC, 93-95 DB, 93 GM
Critic reviews
"The 2025 Cantemerle has a pretty nose with violet and iris flower-infused black fruit, very well defined, the oak very well integrated. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, very well balanced, impressive weight and cohesive, with more precision on the finish than I have noticed on previous vintages of Cantemerle. I appreciate the sapidity here, a moreish Haut-Médoc in the making, and I look forward to revisiting this in bottle."
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 Cantemerle is terrific. Plush, deep and quite powerful, Cantemerle has a lot to offer. Dark red fruit, leather, cedar, tobacco and dried herbs are all dialed up. Cabernet Sauvignon drives the blend, which is very much in evidence in the wine's savory intense and structure. There's a lot of wine here."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"This shows an attractive nose of flowers and subtle spices from the oak. It has good concentration and a balanced palate, with a clear, expressive fruit profile."
James Suckling, April 2026, JamesSuckling.com
"Captures the austerity that you expect and want during En Primeur, wet stones and graphite, plenty of elegance and balance, measured acidities that give Left Bank typicity, a ton of ageing potential and curls of gunsmoke and flowers. Very pretty, very enjoyable, impressive. Yield 32 hl/ha. 35% new oak. First vintage in new cellars."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"Quite a fragrant, aromatic nose, full of intense violets and irises. The Petit Verdot and the Cabernet Sauvignon really stand out in terms of aromatics. Vivid purple in the glass. Sleek and so svelte, this has such a silky, almost creamy texture, tannins are gorgeous and this has such a juicy, lively core. Nothing out of place here. Super accessible and one of the best primeurs samples for consistency tasted three times. Ends salty with a stony grip. Completed new cellar in July 2024 with 114 vats. The team used a thermal camera for plot-by-plot harvest in 2025. New label as this vintage. 4% Petit Verdot completes the blend. 3.6pH. A yield of 30hl/ha. 60% grand vin production. Ageing 12 months in barrel, 35% new wood."
Georgina Hindle, April 2026, Decanter.com
"(Haut-Médoc; 71% Cabernet Sauvignon; 18% Merlot; 7% Cabernet Franc; 4% Petit Verdot; a final yield of 42 hl/ha; 13% alcohol; tasted twice, the second time at the UGCB press tasting at the Cité du Vin; another wine sporting a rather stylish new label). Lovely aromatically, with a gentle florality that might have you placing this across the appellation boundary to the north in Margaux. It's soft, caressing, succulent and shapely, evolving graciously over the palate. The plump berry and damson fruit is divine. There's also more substance, depth, layering and concentration than in recent vintages and perhaps a little greater precision too - though I have always been a fan of Cantemerle. This is recognisably Cantemerle, but achieves a degree of refinement I've not witnessed before. Closer in quality and even style to La Lagune than ever before."
Colin Hay, May 2026, DrinksBusiness.com
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 Cantemerle is terrific. Plush, deep and quite powerful, Cantemerle has a lot to offer. Dark red fruit, leather, cedar, tobacco and dried herbs are all dialed up. Cabernet Sauvignon drives the blend, which is very much in evidence in the wine's savory intense and structure. There's a lot of wine here."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"This shows an attractive nose of flowers and subtle spices from the oak. It has good concentration and a balanced palate, with a clear, expressive fruit profile."
James Suckling, April 2026, JamesSuckling.com
"Captures the austerity that you expect and want during En Primeur, wet stones and graphite, plenty of elegance and balance, measured acidities that give Left Bank typicity, a ton of ageing potential and curls of gunsmoke and flowers. Very pretty, very enjoyable, impressive. Yield 32 hl/ha. 35% new oak. First vintage in new cellars."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"Quite a fragrant, aromatic nose, full of intense violets and irises. The Petit Verdot and the Cabernet Sauvignon really stand out in terms of aromatics. Vivid purple in the glass. Sleek and so svelte, this has such a silky, almost creamy texture, tannins are gorgeous and this has such a juicy, lively core. Nothing out of place here. Super accessible and one of the best primeurs samples for consistency tasted three times. Ends salty with a stony grip. Completed new cellar in July 2024 with 114 vats. The team used a thermal camera for plot-by-plot harvest in 2025. New label as this vintage. 4% Petit Verdot completes the blend. 3.6pH. A yield of 30hl/ha. 60% grand vin production. Ageing 12 months in barrel, 35% new wood."
Georgina Hindle, April 2026, Decanter.com
"(Haut-Médoc; 71% Cabernet Sauvignon; 18% Merlot; 7% Cabernet Franc; 4% Petit Verdot; a final yield of 42 hl/ha; 13% alcohol; tasted twice, the second time at the UGCB press tasting at the Cité du Vin; another wine sporting a rather stylish new label). Lovely aromatically, with a gentle florality that might have you placing this across the appellation boundary to the north in Margaux. It's soft, caressing, succulent and shapely, evolving graciously over the palate. The plump berry and damson fruit is divine. There's also more substance, depth, layering and concentration than in recent vintages and perhaps a little greater precision too - though I have always been a fan of Cantemerle. This is recognisably Cantemerle, but achieves a degree of refinement I've not witnessed before. Closer in quality and even style to La Lagune than ever before."
Colin Hay, May 2026, DrinksBusiness.com