Chateau Cantemerle Haut-Medoc 2019 OLDRIOJA this streamlined Loire red showcases

this streamlined Loire red showcases the grape's refined character without oak interference

this wine is finely proportioned and beautifully pure

Gerbais farms biodynamically and bottles with conviction — no two cuvées feel quite the same

and refreshingly honest about what Primitivo can be when nobody's trying to make it heavy

Chateau Cantemerle Haut-Medoc 2019 OLDRIOJA this streamlined Loire red showcasesCantemerle embodies the traditions we love about Bordeaux, and it manages to deliver real value while doing it. Classified Fifth Growth in 1855 (though critic John Gilman argues it should really be a Third), the chteau sits on the wrong side of Margaux's border the same gravelly Haut Mdoc terroir, none of the cachet or the price. They are one of the few estates still vinifying most of their grand vin in concrete vats. They never adopted the modern