2012 Boyd Cantenac

Tasted blind at the Southward 2012 tasting, the 2012 Boyd-Cantenac has a simple, fleshy and yet satisfyingly exuberant bouquet with scents of blueberry and cassis fruit. What it lacks in complexity it compensates with in sheer joie-de-vivre. The palate is well balanced with crisp tannin, well-judged acidity and overall it feels harmonious and long. Yes, there is some toasty new oak to be absorbed on the finish, but here there is sufficient fruit to make that possible and retain balance. One to watch. Tasted January 2016.

Tasted blind. Bright crimson. Mildly toasty nose. Thick and sweet in a slightly stodgy Ch du Tertre way. Very austere end. (JR)

Tasted blind at the Southward 2012 tasting, the 2012 Boyd-Cantenac has a simple, fleshy and yet satisfyingly exuberant bouquet with scents of blueberry and cassis fruit. What it lacks in complexity it compensates with in sheer joie-de-vivre. The palate is well balanced with crisp tannin, well-judged acidity and overall it feels harmonious and long. Yes, there is some toasty new oak to be absorbed on the finish, but here there is sufficient fruit to make that possible and retain balance. One to watch. Tasted January 2016. Oct 2016, www.robertparker.com