Château Cantemerle
Château Cantemerle
AboutChâteau Cantemerle
Château Cantemerle can trace its vineyard holdings to 1354, and the Villeneuve family acquired the estate in 1579. In the nineteenth century, Baroness Caroline de Villeneuve-Durfort enlarged the property and secured its recognition among the classified growths of 1855. A new chapter began in 1981, when the SMA group acquired Cantemerle and undertook a long programme of renewal.
Today, 98 of the estate’s 200 hectares are planted on the deep gravel soils of the Haut-Médoc, with almost another hundred hectares maintained as woodland and other natural spaces. In the cellar, wines from individual vineyard plots are handled separately, with gentle extraction.
Château Cantemerle 2022 Haut-Médoc
French Red
Bright fresh fruit and violet are present in the bouquet. The palate has soft tannins, creamy structure and a smooth texture, with harmony and balance. The blend is seventy percent Cabernet Sauvignon, twenty percent Merlot, and five percent each Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. The wine matures for twelve months in French oak, using new, one-fill and two-fill barrels. The vines grow on gravel with quaternary silica.