1999 Camensac
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This wine is dark purple-colored, with an excellent nose of smoke and creme de cassis intermixed with licorice and underbrush. This straightforward offering is full-bodied, dense, deep, chewy, mouthfilling, and substantial. Anticipated maturity: 2003-2015.
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Pretty tobacco, berry and mineral aromas follow through to a medium-bodied palate, with silky tannins and a fresh finish. Best after 2004. 23,330 cases made. – James Suckling, Wine Spectator 2002
This wine is dark purple-colored, with an excellent nose of smoke and creme de cassis intermixed with licorice and underbrush. This straightforward offering is full-bodied, dense, deep, chewy, mouthfilling, and substantial. Anticipated maturity: 2003-2015. Robert Parker, Wine Advocate # 140
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.