Château Brane-Cantenac Margaux (Grand Cru Classé)
- Red
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Merlot
- Cabernet Franc
- Petit Verdot
- Tracked vintages
- 80
- Community notes
- 2,296
- Merchant offers
- 683
What we know about this wine
- Critics
- 97/ 1002025 vintage
- Real drinkers
- 90/ 1002,296 notes, every vintage
- Market price
- £42per 75 cl2025 vintage · 3-1500 ml in-bond trade, June 2026
- Drinking window
- 2027–2050hold2024 · nearest vintage with a window
Flavour and structure
An estimate of how this wine is usually built and what it usually tastes of, from its name and producer. No drinker or critic data sits behind it yet; it is replaced the moment real profiles arrive.
Estimated. Estimated by our model from the wine's name and producer. No tasting data behind it yet. Style: Margaux Left Bank Bordeaux red.
- Body4.0 / 5
- LightFull
- Acidity3.0 / 5
- SoftCrisp
- Tannin3.0 / 5
- SmoothGrippy
- Sweetness1.0 / 5
- DrySweet
- Earth · graphite
- Oak · cedar, tobacco
- Floral · violet
- Black fruit · blackcurrant
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot. Proportions are not recorded.
Descriptors are drawn from a closed list of standard tasting words, most of them measured from what drinkers say about real wines; here they are a model's estimate, not counts of anything. Tannin is shown only for red wines.
1970One point per priced vintage. Years with no price we can stand behind are not drawn.2025
Vintages
Each vintage has its own page with both scores, the drinking window and the merchant price range. The meter is the score on a 60-100 scale and its colour is where that vintage stands against its own drinking window. Prices are per 75cl, with the case size and month they were taken from.
- 202597critic£42 / 75cl3-1500 ml in-bond trade, June 2026
- 202494critic£34 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, June 2025
- 202395critic£45 / 75cl3-1500 ml in-bond trade, May 2024
- 202297critic£59 / 75cl3-1500 ml in-bond trade, March 2026
- 202193critic£48 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, June 2022
- 202095critic£64 / 75clsingle-bottle shop ask, September 2026
- 201996critic£42 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, July 2026
- 201894critic£47 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, July 2024
- 201793critic£64 / 75clsingle-bottle shop ask, September 2026
- 201694critic£58 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, July 2026
- 201594critic£52 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, February 2026
- 201492critic£119 / 75cl3000 ml shop ask, September 2026
- 201389criticunit not stated
- 201290critic£54 / 75clsingle-bottle in-bond trade, November 2022
- 201189critic£90 / 75clsingle-bottle shop ask, September 2026
- 201094critic£73 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, March 2021
- 200993critic£87 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, July 2024
- 200890critic£32 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, April 2016
- 200789criticunit not stated
- 200690critic£50 / 75clsingle-bottle in-bond trade, May 2018
- 200592critic£78 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, August 2025
- 200490criticunit not stated
- 200389critic£36 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, April 2016
- 200289critic£38 / 75cl6-1500 ml in-bond trade, February 2018
- 200191criticunit not stated
- 200091critic£59 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, January 2017
- 199989criticunit not stated
- 199890criticunit not stated
- 199788drinkersunit not stated
- 199690criticunit not stated
- 199592criticunit not stated
- 199486drinkers
- 199386drinkersunit not stated
- 1991unit not stated
- 199090drinkersunit not stated
- 198992drinkers£116 / 75cl2-bottle in-bond trade, May 2024
- 198887criticunit not stated
- 198790drinkers
- 198691drinkersunit not stated
- 198590drinkersunit not stated
- 198492drinkers
- 198392drinkersunit not stated
- 198282critic£218 / 75clsingle-bottle shop ask, September 2026
- 198188drinkersunit not stated
- 198090drinkers
- 197992drinkers
- 197882criticunit not stated
- 197786drinkers
- 197688drinkers
- 197591drinkersunit not stated
- 197483drinkersunit not stated
- 197385drinkersunit not stated
- 197189drinkers
- 197085critic£38 / 75cl12-bottle in-bond trade, January 2022
- 196990drinkersunit not stated
- 196789drinkersunit not stated
- 196690drinkers
- 1965unit not stated
- 196488drinkersunit not stated
- 196288drinkersunit not stated
- 196193drinkersunit not stated
- 195988drinkers
- 1958unit not stated
- 1955unit not stated
- 195390drinkers
- 195292drinkers
- 195086drinkersunit not stated
- 194990drinkers
- 1947unit not stated
- 194589drinkers
- 1929unit not stated
- 192891drinkers
- 192692drinkers
- 1923unit not stated
- 1918unit not stated
- 1906unit not stated
- Peakinside the middle half of its stated window
- Drinkinginside its stated window
- Holdits window has not opened
- Past its windowits window has closed
- Window not recordedthe vintage carries no window, so the meter shows its score alone
- Best scored
- 2022
- 97 / 100 from a critic
- Drinking now
- 2019
- drinking, window 2022–2065
- Lowest price
- 2008
- £32 per 75 cl
Price by vintage
One monthly median per vintage, divided by the case size it was quoted in, so the bars are the same unit. These are our own aggregates, not offers: nobody will sell you a median.
Solid: a realised in-bond tradeHatched: what a merchant is asking, which nobody has paid
View as a table
| Vintage | Price / 75cl | Critic score | In drink window | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | £42 | 96.6 | — | per 75cl, from a 3-1500 ml in-bond trade, June 2026 |
| 2024 | £34 | 93.6 | No | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, June 2025 |
| 2023 | £45 | 95.4 | No | per 75cl, from a 3-1500 ml in-bond trade, May 2024 |
| 2022 | £59 | 97.1 | No | per 75cl, from a 3-1500 ml in-bond trade, March 2026 |
| 2021 | £48 | 93.3 | Yes | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, June 2022 |
| 2020 | £64 | 94.9 | Yes | per 75cl, from a single-bottle shop ask, September 2026 |
| 2019 | £42 | 95.8 | Yes | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, July 2026 |
| 2018 | £47 | 93.9 | Yes | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, July 2024 |
| 2017 | £64 | 93 | Yes | per 75cl, from a single-bottle shop ask, September 2026 |
| 2016 | £58 | 94.1 | Yes | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, July 2026 |
| 2015 | £52 | 93.5 | Yes | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, February 2026 |
| 2014 | £119 | 92.2 | Yes | per 75cl, from a 3000 ml shop ask, September 2026 |
| 2012 | £54 | 90.4 | Yes | per 75cl, from a single-bottle in-bond trade, November 2022 |
| 2011 | £90 | 89.4 | Yes | per 75cl, from a single-bottle shop ask, September 2026 |
| 2010 | £73 | 93.7 | Yes | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, March 2021 |
| 2009 | £87 | 93.3 | Yes | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, July 2024 |
| 2008 | £32 | 90 | Yes | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, April 2016 |
| 2006 | £50 | 90.2 | Yes | per 75cl, from a single-bottle in-bond trade, May 2018 |
| 2005 | £78 | 92.3 | Yes | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, August 2025 |
| 2003 | £36 | 88.5 | No | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, April 2016 |
| 2002 | £38 | 88.5 | Yes | per 75cl, from a 6-1500 ml in-bond trade, February 2018 |
| 2000 | £59 | 91.2 | Yes | per 75cl, from a 6-bottle in-bond trade, January 2017 |
| 1989 | £116 | — | — | per 75cl, from a 2-bottle in-bond trade, May 2024 |
| 1982 | £218 | 82 | — | per 75cl, from a single-bottle shop ask, September 2026 |
| 1970 | £38 | 85 | No | per 75cl, from a 12-bottle in-bond trade, January 2022 |
Where to go next
LWIN 1007286