2022 Chateau Cantenac Brown Margaux (Pre-Arrival) Santa Cruz Mountains 5% Petit Verdot

5% Petit Verdot

not that any one of us has ever done that

but it also works well with hearty stews

licorice and blue-toned fruits are some of the notes that grace this super-refined Saint-Julien

and ultra-fine

2022 Chateau Cantenac Brown Margaux (Pre-Arrival) Santa Cruz Mountains 5% Petit Verdot94 96 points, The Wine Advocate"A few years ago, this estate purchased 22 additional hectares in the heart of the plateau of Margaux, including old vine Cabernet Sauvignon that is now making an appreciable contribution to the blend, and that helps to explain why the 2022 Cantenac Brown is so good. Unwinding in the glass with notes of dark berries, plums, charcoal, pencil shavings and violets, it's medium to full bodied, rich and elegantly muscular,