Château Cantemerle

Château Cantemerle : This property of 90 hectares is located in Macau-en-Médoc, and has, therefore, the appellation Haut-Médoc. The history of this castle began in the Middle Ages with the barony of Cantemerle, who owned fiefdoms and noble parishes. The Lords of Blanquefort, then the Villeneuve Durfort, and then the family Dubos had succeeded at the head of the field. Caroline de Villeneuve-Durfort did an enormous work for the recognition of her château. Indeed, brokers, having established the ranking of 1855, had forgotten the château Cantemerle because they had no history of the resale price of this wine.

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Caroline de Villeneuve-Durfort reacted by giving, to the Brokers Syndicate, a file containing the sale price of the wine of Château Cantemerle since the early nineteenth century. As it was sold at an higher price than the last wine of the classification (château Croizet-Bages), the château Cantemerle was allowed to appear as a fifth classified growth in 1856. Today the château belongs to SMABTP (Mutual Insurance Building and public works), who took it over in 1981. On a constant level, this wine has always been an excellent value, with prices still very accessible for a “cru classé”. A new start has been made recently and this wine, one of the most classic of the appellation Médoc, has now greatly improved in quality. The 25-year-old-vines are composed of merlot, cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc and petit verdot. The wine of the château is made thanks to a rigorous selection during the assembly of the different vines, the rest is used for the second wine, Les allées de Cantemerle.


Parker's rating of Château Cantemerle (rating on 100)
1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909

1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919

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									89
1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
			94						89
1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
	92
1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
87	83				84	60		81	82
1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
	82	86	91	79	85	82		86	91
1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
86	76	86	85-88	86	86	87	85-86	84	79
2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
89	87	81	85	87	90	90	89-91	89-91

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