2023 Le C des Carmes de Haut-Brion

The 2023 Le C des Carmes Haut-Brion was picked from September 20 to October 5 and includes 25% whole bunch, with 13% alcohol due to their addition. This comes from the osmotic absorption of alcohol in the vat, according to Guillaume Pouthier. Matured in 20% new oak with 10% in amphora, it has a very pure and airy bouquet of black cherries commingling with blueberry and light pressed-violet aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with cashmere tannins. It’s very smooth with white pepper infusing the red fruit, but it’s perhaps just missing a little grip toward the finish. This seems to just glide, and it will drink after just a couple of years in bottle. 

Drinking Window 2027-2037

 - Neal Martin (04/2024)

The fruit is very beautiful and crunchy, pure and fresh. Medium body with lovely texture and depth. 25% whole-cluster fermentation. Aged for three years, two in barrel and cask and one in concrete. 60% cabernet sauvignon, 38% merlot and 2% petit verdot.

- (04/2024)

The 2023 Le C des Carmes Haut-Brion is a terrific vintage wine bursting in the glass with pure, fresh and complex aromas of mulberries, cassis, violet and dark wild berries. Medium to full-bodied, creamy and seamless, it’s fleshy core of fruit is framed by bright acids a d supple tannins. This blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot is the most accomplished C de Carmes to date. It's maturing 10% in amphorae and the rest in foudres of 50 hectoliters.

Drinking Date 2025 - 2040

- Yohan Castaing (04/2024)