2020 Margaux de Brane
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Neal Martin
Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
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The 2020 Margaux de Brane, which comes from the estate's youngest vines, has a generous kirsch and mulberry scented bouquet. The palate is medium-bodied with notes of espresso and dark chocolate infusing the dark berry fruit. Fine acidity, slightly grainy in texture, for a third wine it has respectable weight and concentration on the off-dry finish. Worth seeking out.
The 2020 Margaux de Brane is a plush, succulent Margaux to drink now and over the next handful of years. It's a gorgeous wine at this level. Spice, blood orange and mint give this mid-weight, open-knit 2020 tons of energy to play off its ripe, racy fruit.
About the producer
Château Brane-Cantenac has been a consistent performer in the Margaux wine appellation since Henri Lurton took over the property, but thanks to replanting and investment in the last decade, quality has seen another sharp upswing.