2014 Camensac
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50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 50% Merlot. Tasted blind. Solid, terroir-driven – almost earthy – nose. A good drink with no shortage of ripe tannin. (JR)
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Neal Martin
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Tasted blind. Light nose and decidedly tart and pinched on the palate. Not a star. Picked too soon? (JR)
The 2014 Camensac has a vivid and vivacious bouquet with bright black cherry and boysenberry fruit, a touch of pencil lead developing in the glass. The palate is well balanced with thickset tannin, an Haut-Medoc of commendable structure that may well see it aging more slowly than others. I appreciate the fruit concentration here, while it exerts a pleasant grip on the finish. Give it two or three years in bottle just to soften those edges.
About the producer
A stone’s throw from Saint-Julien, Ch. de Camensac was long underperforming, but – under the ownership of the Merlaut-Villars family – was totally restructured, and quality transformed.