Wine Spectator: "Best Cantemerle in years. Beautiful and rich, with a wonderful core of fruit. Full-bodied, with loads of chocolate and berry character and a lengthy aftertaste."

Wine Spectator

Robert Parker: "A fine effort from Cantemerle, the deep ruby/purple-colored 1996 exhibits an excellent nulberry, jammy cranberry, and currant scented nose with floral characteristics and high quality vaniliin. In the mouth, the wine reveals rich, sweet, ripe fruit on the attach, fine density, moderate tannin, and obvious balance. It will require 5-6 years of cellaring."

Robert M. Parker Jr.