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2016 Château les Carmes Haut-Brion, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux
- Red
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- Cabernet Franc (41%), Merlot (39%), Cabernet Sauvignon (20%)
Not ready
(Drink 2030 - 2076)
- James Suckling
- 96-97/100
- Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
- 95/100
- Jane Anson
- 96/100
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Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2016
Alcohol % 13.5%
Maturity Not ready
(2030 - 2076)
Grape List Cabernet Franc (41%), Merlot (39%), Cabernet Sauvignon (20%)
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Château les Carmes Haut-Brion
Critics reviews
James Suckling 96-97/100
Extremely long and erudite with crushed stones, blackberries and blueberries. Hints of fresh herbs. Full-bodied, tight and polished. The balance and beauty are amazing. Salty and minerally. More polished than the 2015. Wait and see. From biodynamic grapes.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 95/100
The 2016 Les Carmes Haut-Brion is a blend of 41% Cabernet Franc, 39% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon aged in 65% new and 35% one-year-old oak for 22 months. This vintage represents one of the largest percentages of Cabernet Franc for this wine. Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, it gives notes of kirsch, black raspberries and black plums with touches of cassis, violets, chocolate box and pencil shavings. The palate is medium-bodied, firm, grainy and lively with loads of layers and a long, well-poised finish.
Jane Anson 96/100
Subdued power with cassis and blackberry fruits, liqourice root, cocoa beans and a wall of tannins that retains an air of controlled restraint at 6 years old. Maintains momentum and energy through the palate, with a saline lick of crushed rocks on the finish. This is sculpted, moreish, delicious. As with the 2015, a vintage again that Carmes has its own personality, and doesn't follow the pack. New winery, with softer infusion-method for the extraction of flavours and tannins, and 60% stems. Ageing takes place in a mix of 25% new oak, 5% oak casks, and 10% amphoras.
Drink 2025 - 2044
Drink 2025 - 2044
About this wine
Pessac-Léognan
In 1986 a new communal district was created within Graves, based on the districts of Pessac and Léognan. Pessac-Léognan has the best soils of the region, very similar to those of the Médoc, although the depth of gravel is more variable, and contains all the classed growths of the region. Some of its great names, including Ch. Haut-Brion, even sit serenely and resolutely in Bordeaux's southern urban sprawl.
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