Anthocyanes - Yohan Castaing

Adrian van Velsen - vvWine.ch

VertdeVin

The nose is elegant, precise, delicate and offers a fine richness, a discrete restraint. There are notes of ripe strawberry, fleshy red currant and, more slightly, blackcurrant, combined with delicate hints of cherry, chocolate, toasted/blond tobacco and a fine touch of minerality. The palate is fruity, fresh, mineral and reveals good definition, juiciness, precision, fine concentration and a discreet linearity. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of ripe strawberry, red currant and, to a lesser extent, blackcurrant, combined with delicate hints of cherry, chocolate, toast, light tobacco and a fine touch of minerality. The palate is fresh, fruity, mineral and offers good definition, juiciness, precision, fine concentration and a very discreet straightness. On the palate, this wine expresses notes of pulpy/juicy raspberry, bright red currant and, more slightly, crushed cherry, combined with fine touches of violet and lily, as well as hints of chocolate, toasted hazelnut and a subtle hint of smoke (in the background). Good length. A fine creaminess on the finish.

Antonio Galloni

James Suckling

This has aromas of raspberries, blackberries, currants, rosehips and hazelnuts. It’s medium-bodied with fine, silky tannins. Elegant and fresh. Pretty finish. Drink from 2024.

Jane Anson - Inside Bordeaux

Falstaff

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

Smoky, forest floor, cedar, herbs, and savory red fruits come through in the nose. On the palate, the wine is elegant, soft, fresh, and fruit. This is already so easy to drink, with its silky-textured, plummy palate, you can enjoy it today and over the next decade or longer while waiting for the Grand Vin to develop. Drink from 2022-2031.

Jeb Dunnuck

The second wine of Brane-Cantenac, the 2019 Baron De Brane is more Merlot-dominated and has a fleshy, medium-bodied, supple style as well as rock-solid aromatics of black cherries, cedar pencil, and chocolaty herbs. It's already drinking nicely yet should keep for a decade.

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2018 Baron de Brane is scented of dried herbs, damp soil and fallen leaves over warm raspberries, kirsch and blackcurrants. The palate is medium to full-bodied, firm, herbal and chewy with a lively lift.