Château Cantenac-Brown 2010– Margaux, Grand Cru Classé

The nose is elegant, beautifully racy and offers power (full of finesse), deepness, a beautiful finesse of the grain as well as a small spicy side, complexity, delicacy and a beautiful stretchy side. It reveals notes of wild blackberry, small wild black fruits and small notes of violet plum associated with small touches of wild strawberry, quite ripe cherry, green pepper, almost camphor as well as discreet hints of grilled, underwood, a subtle hint of Badiane and a very discreet hint of rose wood. The palate is fruity, elegant, beautifully built and offers a beautiful definition, matter, a very beautiful finesse of the grain, silkiness as well as elegance, a beautiful power (full of finesse/elegance), delicacy, tension, a beautiful tannic frame, a finesse in its power, suavity, fullness and suavity. On the palate this wine expresses notes of bright blackberry, juicy wild cassis and small notes of small dense black fruits associated with touches of dark chocolate, caramelization, cardamom, brazil pepper, very discreet hints of camphor, black tea, a subtle hint of vanilla, underwood and a very discreet hint of black tapenade (bitterness of black olive). Good length. Tannins are precise and elegant. Beautiful persistence on 16 caudalies.