2021 Chateau Roc de Cambes, Cotes de Bourg
Smoked sandalwood, tar, grilled damson, tobacco, peach pit, blueberry and cassis. Owner François Mitjavile feels the aromatic quality of a vintage can be saved by barrels rather than lost by it, and manages even in this challenging vintage to get the 100% new oak barrels to add fragrance and nuance rather than being overpowering. One to look out for, this will be ready in a year or two, and offer prime drinking for at least another decade.
2021 Chateau Roc de Cambes, Cotes de Bourg
Smoked sandalwood, tar, grilled damson, tobacco, peach pit, blueberry and cassis. Owner François Mitjavile feels the aromatic quality of a vintage can be saved by barrels rather than lost by it, and manages even in this challenging vintage to get the 100% new oak barrels to add fragrance and nuance rather than being overpowering. One to look out for, this will be ready in a year or two, and offer prime drinking for at least another decade.
| Producer | Chateau Roc De Cambes |
|---|---|
| Sub-Region | Cotes de Bourg |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Country | France |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Colour | Red |
| ABV | 13.00% |
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Robert Parker Wine Advocate
The 2021 Roc de Cambes is shaping up beautifully, wafting from the glass with aromas of sweet berries, wild plums, rich cassis, pipe tobacco and espresso roast. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and textural, it’s a rich, sensual wine with an elegantly muscular profile, its structuring tannins largely concealed by succulent fruit. Seamless and penetrating, it’s an especially elegant rendition of this superb clay-limestone terroir in the Côtes de Bourg.
91-93 Points
By William Kelley / April 2022
Vinous
The 2021 Roc de Cambes is fabulous. It possesses terrific depth and intensity from start to finish. Black cherry, plum, licorice, smoke, tobacco, incense and dried herbs build effortlessly in the glass. All the elements are beautifully balanced. The 2021 is so appealing today, but it clearly offers considerable potential for the future.
92-94 Points / Drinking 2026 - 2036
By Antonio Galloni / May 2022
Vinous
The 2021 Roc de Cambes is redolent of blood orange, mint, cinnamon, sweet red cherry fruit and new leather. Deep and layered, with terrific balance, the 2021 has a ton to offer. The aromatics are especially appealing.
92 Points / Drinking 2026 - 2036
By Antonio Galloni / February 2024
Vinous
The 2021 Roc de Cambes has another quite Burgundy-like bouquet, a mélange of red and black fruit, very well defined, perfumed and pure. The caressing palate has good weight, a uncommon sense of rondeur for a 2021, and pliant, filigreed tannins on the finish. I think the 2021 vintage really suits the Roc de Cambes. A wonderful wine.
91-93 Points / Drinking 2027 - 2042
By Neal Martin / May 2022
Vinous
The 2021 Roc de Cambes is basically identical to the nose I encountered in barrel, and it retains its Burgundy/Pinot allure—fine delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with just a touch of reduction on the entry and tensile tannins, leading to notes of white pepper and clove. This is linear toward the finish, lingering in the mouth, a lovely Côtes de Bourg that should drink well for over a decade.
91 Points / Drinking 2026 - 2037
By Neal Martin / February 2024