2018 Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion

Name: 2018 Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion
Brand: Château Les Carmes Haut Brion
SKU: 7303
Price: 139.0 EUR
Availability: LimitedAvailability

Château Les Carmes Haut Brion

Weinart: Rotwein

Rebsorte: 37% Cabernet Franc, 34% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot

Land: Frankreich

Region: Bordeaux

Appellation: Pessac-Léognan

Klassifikation: Cru Classé

Ausbau: Barrique, davon 75% neu

Stilistik: saftig & ausgewogen, komplex

Geschmacksrichtung: trocken

Alkoholgehalt: 13.5% Vol.

Trinktemperatur: 15-18°C

Suckling 97 /100

Vinous 94 /100

Dunnuck 100 /100

Perrotti-Brown 96 /100

Wine Spectator 93 /100

Wine Advocate 96+ /100

Allergene: Sulfite, Abfüllerinformation

139,00 €*

Inhalt: 0.75 Liter (185,33 €* / 1 Liter)

Preise inkl. MwSt. zzgl. Versandkosten

Lieferzeit 2-4 Tage (Ins Ausland abweichende Lieferzeiten)

Weitere Weine von Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion

Produktnummer: 7303

Vinous

94 POINTS

The 2018 Les Carmes Haut-Brion was aged in 75% new oak with a touch more matured in foudres. It includes 55% whole bunches. This has a slight confit-like aroma on the nose, plush cranberry and wild strawberry intermingling with cassis and violet; aromatically, this is the more precocious recent vintage. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red fruit, fine tannins, clean and pure with excellent acidity keeping everything on an even keel towards the finish. The 2018 has a caressing texture and is very persistent. I might quibble and say that I just find the nose a little trop, but the palate is superb. Tasted at the Les Carmes Haut-Brion vertical at the château.

- Neal Martin (04/2022)

James Suckling

97 POINTS

The essence of black fruit here, offering blackberry and brambleberry aromas with dried flowers and licorice. Crushed stones and some iodine, as well as nuts. Full-bodied palate that opens and delivers an encompassing mouth feel of fine, creamy tannins. Some whole-berry fermentation. A special wine with elegance and complexity. Try after 2026, but already so in tune. (02/2021)

Jeb Dunnuck

100 POINTS

The 2018 Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion is a rock star of a wine and is based on a unique blend of 37% Cabernet Franc, 34% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 29% Merlot that was brought up in 80% new French oak. Offering a deep ruby/purple color as well as a thrilling bouquet of blackcurrants, smoked tobacco, chocolate, violets, damp earth, and truffle, it hits the palate with a full-bodied yet almost understated, building style that carries ripe, supple tannins, gorgeous amounts of smoky black fruits, and an endearing, layered, multi-dimensional texture that keeps you coming back to the glass. A dead ringer for a great vintage of Haut-Brion, it is far from unapproachable today yet needs 7-8 years of bottle age for the fireworks to develop and will have 50-years or more of longevity! Hats off to Guillaume Pouthier for a magical, seamless, singular beauty! (03/2021)

Lisa Perrotti-Brown

96 POINTS

Les Carmes Haut-Brion 2018 has a deep garnet purple color. It offers notes of prunes, stewed red and black cherries, and crème de cassis, with hints of Chinese five spice and tobacco. Full-bodied, rich, and velvety, the palate has a lively backbone and a long, spicy finish. (02/2023)

Wine Spectator

93 POINTS

Juicy and fresh, with a vivid beam of cassis and cherry puree laced with hints of anise, tobacco and apple wood. The finish is focused and driven, while a tarry streak adds range and depth, showing nicely buried mouthwatering acidity throughout. Very expressive already, but this should develop nicely with cellaring as well. Best from 2023 through 2034.

- J.M. (06(2021)

Parker – Wine Advocate

96+ POINTS

The 2018 Les Carmes Haut-Brion is composed of 37% Cabernet Franc, 34% Cabernet Sauvignon and 29% Merlot. It was made using 52% whole cluster and has 13.75% alcohol. It was aged in 75% new oak barriques, 16% foudres and 9% amphorae. Deep garnet-purple in color, it needs a little coaxing before bursting from the glass with vibrant scents blackberry preserves, redcurrant jelly, mulberries and Black Forest cake, leading to an undercurrent of pencil lead, black truffles, cast-iron pan and charcoal with an emerging waft of violets. The elegantly crafted, medium-bodied palate dances with red and black fruits before bursting into earth and mineral sparks. It has a sturdy frame of firm, grainy tannins and bags of freshness, finishing long and savory. The stem tannins lend this wine a firmness and textural interest, which should integrate further with another 5-6 years in barrel, allowing the nuances to shine through even more, then you can continue to enjoy its slow evolution for a further 30+ years.

- Lisa Perrotti-Brown (03/2021)

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