Chateau Brane Cantenac 2017 Bordeaux Premium Wine Review - 2nd Growth Wine, Margaux

Описание: Updated based on information provided by winery (so some of the information in the video may not be accurate)

Brane Cantenac is a 2nd growth wine from the Margaux region (pronounced "Bran Can ten knack")

The estate became a winery in the early 17th century under the name Domaine Guilhem Hostein. In the 18th century, it was owned by the Gorce family and run under the name Chateau de Gorce. The Baron of Brane purchased the estate in 1833 In order to fund the purchase, he sold his interest in Brane Mouton (which is now the vineyards of Mouton Rothschild). The Baron renamed the winery Brane Cantenac in 1838. Cantenac is the village in Medoc where the vineyard/estate is situated.

Then there was a series of ownership changes. It was owned by the Roy family, who then, in 1922, sold it to the Societe de Grand Crus de France, who then sold it in 1922 to Leonce Racapet and his son in law, Francois Lurton. Lucien Lurton, son of Francois Lurton, inherited the winery in 1956 and it has been in the Lurton family's possession for 4 generations (sorry in the video I got Francois and Lucien mixed up). The winery is now managed by Henri Lurton, son of Lucien Lurton, who inherited it in 1992.

The winery consist of 75 hectares . 30 hectares that are located on the Plateau of Brane, representing the best plots of the estate, is used to produce the first wine. Since 2019, Brane Cantenac has only used the best plots from these 30 hectares to produce the first (grand) wine, further limiting the selection process and increasing the quality of the wine. The winery also produces a 2nd and 3rd wine, which have more Merlot content as well as a white wine. The vineyard is planted with 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc, 0.5% Petit Verdot and 0.5% Carmenere. Carmenere was first used in their 2011 vintage and Petit Verdot was first used in their 2017 vintage.

Henri Lurton has spearheaded a number of changes at the winery. Among them: the winery is moving towards more organic farming techniques, in 1999, the added smaller vats so that vinification could be done parcel by parcel and in 2015, they completed the renovation of their cellars and vat rooms

About 11, 000 cases of this wine is produced. I do not see a definitive Wine Spectator rating for this wine but their barrel sample rating was 88-91 pts. Robert Parker gave is 92 pts. Price of the wine at BC Liquor stores is $150.00

The 2017 vintage marked the first time they used Petit Verdot in their blend. It was a blend of 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 1% Petit Verdot. The 2017 vintage was completely vinified in oak vats and then aged for 18 months in 70% new French oak barrels and 30% one year old barrels. About 60% of the entire harvest was used to produce this wine and used a higher percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon because of frost issues for the vintage (which affected the grapes used in the 2nd and 3rd wine but spared most of the plots on the Brane plateau used to produce the grand wine).

For more information about the winery, please see their website at https://www.brane-cantenac.com/

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