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Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion 2018

France - Bordeaux - Pessac-Léognan - Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion
$966.67
$322.22 / Unit

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Stored in air-conditioned cellar
Stored in air-conditioned cellar
Data sheets
Grape varieties
Cabernet franc 37%
Cabernet Sauvignon 34%
Merlot 29%
Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion

Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion

With its 5-century-old vineyard, Château Carmes Haut Brion is a must in the Pessac-Léognan appellation.

It was in 1584 that the Catholic monks of the Grands Carmes order - who take their name from Mont Carmel, literally "God's Vineyard" - were offered land by the lord of the Haut Brion house, Jean de Potensac.

At that time, Domaine comprised only meadows, a few vines and a mill located on the Peugue river. It was only 50 years later that the monks decided to expand their vineyard by purchasing plots belonging to Haut Brion. For two centuries, they produced one of the region's most famous wines, while keeping the name Haut Brion, which became Carmes Haut Brion by custom.

Confiscated in 1791 during the French Revolution, it became Bien National and was only bought back a century later by wine merchant Léon Colin, illustrious ancestor of the Chantecaille family. The latter then had the Château we know today built and the park landscaped.

In 2010, Château was bought by Patrice Pichet, a big name in real estate and a long-time lover of the property. Anxious to do his utmost to bring Domaine to its apogee, he will have a new winery built and the vineyard redeveloped, putting oenologists Guillaume Pouthier and Stéphane Derenoncourt in charge.

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Critics Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion 2018.

Wine Advocate - Robert Parker
96/100
James Suckling
97/100
Vinous - A. Galloni
97/100
Jean-Marc Quarin
96/100
La Revue du Vin de France
18.5/20

Description Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion 2018.

With its sumptuous garnet-red color, this wine presents itself to us with a superb nose. Complex, it blends scents of raspberry, blackberry and blueberry. On aeration, notes of leather and musk add depth. On the palate, the attack is powerful and concentrated. The round mid-palate is marked by greedy aromas of ripe fruit. The lingering finish suggests great ageing potential.

The care we take when receiving wines in our cellars enables us to detect bottles with imperfections (dirty or faded labels, damaged capsules, etc.). In such cases, they are systematically set aside and never put online! Our preparation team selects only bottles with perfect presentation for your orders!

It is these bottles with slight external defects that we present to you in the "Existe en imparfaite" selection. These bottles are, of course, of "irreproachable" gustatory quality, but suffer from slight defects on the label or cap. We therefore offer them at a preferential price, making the pleasure of tasting them even more affordable.

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