Chateau Les Carmes Haut Brion - Le C des Carmes Haut Brion 2023

Bewertungen

• 94-96/100

  Jeb Dunnuck
  The 2023 C Des Carmes Haut-Brion is based on 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Merlot, and the rest Petit Verdot, 25% stems, with a portion raised in foudre. Possibly the finest vintage of this cuvée I've tasted, it has a gorgeous nose of cassis, graphite, spring flowers, and underbrush. With medium to full-bodied richness, a round, layered mouthfeel, and beautiful tannins, this is one to seek out."

• 93-95/100

  Wine Enthusiast
  Unlike many second wines, this comes from a vineyard several miles away in Léognan. A Cabernet Sauvignon dominated wine with black-fruit aromas, it is a wine that shows both structure and fragrant rich black currants. Full of juice, it has generous tannins that keep the structure rounded."

• 94/100

  Falstaff
  Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Reife Zwetschken, Cassis und schwarze Herzkirschen, Nuancen, feines Nugat, Orangenzesten. Komplex, saftig, rund und reif, seidige Tannine, gute Frische, extraktsüßer Nachhall, bereits gut entwickelt, süße Herzkirschen im Rückgeschmack, ein delikater, lange anhaftender Speisenbegleiter. Burgundische Aromatik mit Bordelaiser Struktur."

• 94/20

  Vinum
  Klar und rein wie ein Bergbach, Cassis- und Kirschfrucht, steinige Kräuter, Tee; seidenweicher Gaumen, mittlerer Körper, der Wein hat mehr Tannin als 2022, doch die Gerbstoffe sind reif, fein mit der Frucht verwoben, die Säure verleiht viel Frische, knackig, mit Dynamik, Energie, Frische und salinem Abgang."

• 18/20

  Weinwisser
  60 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 38 % Merlot, 2 % Petit Verdot, 13.0 Vol.-%, pH 3.6, 20 % neue Barriques, 70 % Fuder 30 hl, 10 % Amphoren. Betörendes blaubeeriges Bouquet, verführerischer Veilchenduft, Heidelbeerdrops und parfümierter Pfeifentabak. Am vielschichtigen Gaumen mit seidiger Textur, sehr fokussiert, stützendes reifes Tannin und mittlerer Körper. Im gebündelten aromatischen Finale mit einem Korb blauer Beeren, hellem Edelholz und edler Salznote."

• 93-94/100

  James Suckling
  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."

• 92-94/100

  The Wine Cellar Insider
  Dark berries with smoke, herbs, salt crusted rocks, oceanic influences, black currants, and cherries, and blackberries open the wines aromatics. Medium-bodied, crisp, fresh, and juicy, the wine delivers intense minerality, racy tannins, vibrant, floral-tinted fruits, and a spicy, refreshing, sapid endnote. Using 25% whole bunches the wine blends 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Merlot, and 2% Petit Verdot, 13% ABV, 3.6%. The wine is aged in 20% new, French oak barrels, with amphora. Drink from 2027-2040."

• 93/100

  Decanter
  Crunchy and bright on the nose, some herbal and crisp fresh fruits, cranberry, red cherry and strawberry. Herbal Cabernet elements too. Super bright and fresh, clean, so crystalline and pure. Nice drinkability on offer, really lovely styling, has salinity and lots of minerality with a direct frame. Not as plush or weighty as some, but there are gorgeous aromatics, juiciness and a clean definition to the tannins. Very finessed and balanced. A stunning second wine. 3.60pH. 25% whole bunch fermentation. Harvest September 20 to October 5. Ageing 20% new oak, 70% vats of 30hl and 10% amphoras."

• 92-94/100

  The Wine Advocate
  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."

• 91/100

  Jane Anson
  Gorgeous floral aromatics on this wine, fine tannins, delivering lift and energy with a precise and vibrant focus on peony and violet flowers. Things get pretty serious on the palate with concentrated aniseed and fennel, and some austerity. 25% whole cluster, 20% new barrels, 70% vats of 30hl, 10% amphoras. 50hl/h yield. Two years in barrel and then one year in bottle before release."

• 16/20

  Jancis Robinson
  Bright fruit and freshness. Juicy, berry notes. Fine tannins hidden by the fruit. Appealing and readily accessible. Not sure it’s a vin de garde."