🏰news | features + short tasting note IN ENGLISH 【A legendary 1982 Bordeaux vintage from a Deuxième Grand Cru Classé, offering mature Margaux beauty with silk, translucent character, and harmony.】 The 1982 vintage in Bordeaux was transformative, known for its magnificent quality. Château Brane-Cantenac, a Second Grand Cru Classé since 1855, is located on deep gravels on the Cantenac plateau, ideal for Cabernet Sauvignon. The Lurton family has managed the estate since 1922. Winemaking involves fermentation in oak vats, stainless steel, and concrete, with micro-vinification for Carmenere and Petit Verdot. This wine displays a brickish rim and orange-tinted red core. Initial impressions are strongly sweet red fruit with a minty freshness and distinctive perfume. It shows fine density on the palate, with lively fruit and great energy. Expect resolved tannins and abundant tertiary development, including notes of leather, library, graphite, pencil shavings, and book binding, alongside muted forest berries. Critics describe silk, translucent beauty, red cherry, rose petal, harmony, and calm confidence. Aromas of black fruit, fresh tobacco, cedar, and a faint polished boot leather can emerge. The palate is finely balanced with filigree tannins, poised with sour cherry and raspberry commingling with cedar and dark chocolate. Lovely perfumed aromas of blackberry and chocolate, with a hint of raisin, medium-bodied with velvety tannins and a long, sweet fruit finish. 🍴 Chinese Cantonese food pairing various types of suggestion east or west corresponding to wine cost IN ENGLISH Best served with all types of classic meat dishes such as veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, and roast chicken, whether roasted, braised, or grilled. It also pairs well with Asian dishes, hearty fish courses like tuna and salmon, mushrooms, pasta, and various cheeses. Specific recommendations include herb-roasted milk-fed lamb, beef Wellington, feathered game, duck, and hard aged cheeses. A Bordelaise-style entrecôte with bone marrow would be a sublime pairing. 🥂 fit for event suggestion IN ENGLISH Ideal for a special occasion, a celebratory dinner, or a contemplative evening. This wine can be enjoyed now or held further. It has great aging potential, capable of developing serenely for 15 to 30 years, with great years reaching their peak after around fifteen years and keeping well beyond. Best served at 15.5°C (60°F). For a wine of this venerable age, expect a beautiful evolution of tertiary aromas and a softened palate. While the 1982 vintage is legendary, the condition of older bottles can vary. Always check the cork and capsule carefully before opening. Decanting is highly recommended to allow the wine to breathe and reveal its full complexity, and to separate any sediment.