It's supposed to snow here this week, just in time for Christmas, and that means it's officially become Bordeaux season. So on the last trip to the cellar I brought back a couple bottles of Chateau Cantemerle -- one bottle of the 2000, one 2003 -- which we opened last night with hamburgers (90% lean, over toasted whole wheat bread, smothered with Gruyère, grilled onions, and dijon mustard) and Mary Ellen's Double Dutch German Chocolate Cake.
Chateau Cantemerle -- an after-thought to the 1855 classification of grand cru Bordeaux -- remains one of my favorite producers because of its usually high quality and typically reasonable prices. The chateau's second wine - Les Allées de Cantemerle -- also represents a unqiue bargain in good years. To learn more, visit the Wine Doctor.
Ch. Cantemerle 2003 ** ($18) is a garnet color, with dried herbs and overripe red berries on the nose. A mild loam texture, with dried rosemary on the mid palate.
Unfortunately, our bottle of the 2000 was corked.
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