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2017 Château les Carmes Haut-Brion, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Cabernet Franc (41%), Merlot (30%), Cabernet Sauvignon (29%)
Not ready (Drink 2028 - 2062)
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
91-93/100
James Suckling
94-95/100
Jane Anson MW
95/100
Product: 20178013701

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2017 Château les Carmes Haut-Brion, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux

Description

This estate is one of the most exciting and progressive estates in Bordeaux. At the helm is the indefatigable Guillaume Pouthier and his passion once again is reflected in the beautifully crafted 2017. The lovely, deep Cabernet nose has a mineral note of wet stone and dark plum. There is very good dense fruit on mid-palate with a lovely saline background. A great snap of acidity gives it a lovely freshness, and the fruit core carries on through the length, boding for a few decades in bottle. A svelte and yet tightly wound Carmes. Beautifully crafted – a Graves on another level.

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Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2017
Alcohol % 13%
Maturity Not ready (2028 - 2062)
Grape List Cabernet Franc (41%), Merlot (30%), Cabernet Sauvignon (29%)
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Château les Carmes Haut-Brion

Critics reviews

Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 91-93/100

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2017 Les Carmes Haut-Brion is a little reticent to begin, opening up to fragrant notes of potpourri and oolong tea over a core of crushed red and black currants plus hints of violets, dark chocolate and cinnamon stick. Medium-bodied, it has an ambitious palate with firm, grainy tannins slightly masking the elegant fruit, finishing with good length though just a tad chewy.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate (Apr 2018)
James Suckling 94-95/100

A tight and linear red with a firm and intense, pretty center palate of blackberry and wet-earth character. Full-bodied, reserved and focused. Really compacted.
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Apr 2018)
Jane Anson MW 95/100

A lighter framed vintage, goes long on subtle woodsmoke, and we are back to roses here but they are petals and rosebuds, not stems, along with fragrant peony, raspberry, redcurrant, cassis. Graceful, plenty of sappy tannins and slate minerality, with liftoff through the finish. A lovely wine, graceful with finesse and hidden power. Can drink earlier than either the 2015 or 2016, just ensure you carafe for a few hours. 50% stems. Ageing takes place in a mix of 25% new oak, 5% oak casks, and 10% amphoras.

Drink 2023 - 2040
Jane Anson MW, JaneAnson.com (Feb 2022)

About this wine

Pessac-Léognan

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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