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2021 Château Les Carmes Haut Brion

Stored in GSN professional storage; Purchased from WineBid; Previously removed from a professional storage facility; Previously purchased on release

Removed from a professional wine storage facility; Purchased upon release

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RATINGS

96-97James Suckling

...wonderful and impressive tannin texture that melts into the wine, giving softness and finesse. Medium-bodied, showing a solid core of fruit with beautiful, focused cassis, blackberry and crushed-stone character.

96Decanter Magazine (points)

...gorgeous aromatic display draws you in: crystalline, floral with iris, peony and violet, herbal, earthy and fruity. Sumptuous...classy wine, beautifully smooth but with powdery tannins that give grip and intensity to the structure...characterful with power, all while being nuanced and detailed. Charming... Crunchy, great energy and focus with salty minerality on the finish.

95The Wine Advocate

...unwinding in the glass with aromas of dark berries mingled with spices, loamy soil, licorice, rose petals, gentian and black pepper. Medium to full-bodied, deep and seamless, with a concentrated core of fruit framed by ripe but abundant structuring tannins and bright acids, it concludes with a long, palate-staining finish.

95Vinous / IWC

...complex bouquet, quite open with mainly red fruit, cedar and hints of pressed violet. The palate is medium-bodied with finely chiseled, unobtrusive tannins that imbue this Pessac with a sense of symmetry. It possesses thrilling salinity and is a little granular in texture on the finish...

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93-95Jeb Dunnuck

...crème de la crème...brilliant perfume of plum and black raspberry fruits supported by lots of spice and exotic floral notes. Medium to full-bodied on the palate...rounded, expansive mouthfeel that's rare to find in the vintage, terrific mid-palate depth, moderate acidity, and a great finish.

17.5Jancis Robinson

Meaty, concentrated nose... Smells of soy sauce. Rich and hedonistic... Lots of power...

PRODUCER

Château Les Carmes Haut Brion

Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion is a 12-acre estate in Pessac, in the Pessac-Leognan appellation of Bordeaux. It was founded in 1584, when a 101-year-old aristocrat decided to give part of his estate to a community of friars called Les Carmes. They owned the vineyard until the French Revolution and it is today owned by the La Patromoniale of Group Pichet, a large real estate concern. Vineyards are planted to 50% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Franc and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. The estate makes only about 4,000 bottles annually of its flagship Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion, and Robert M. Parker Jr. has called it “a tiny gem of an estate (that) offers superb wines…They owe their extraordinary finesse as well as explosive aromatics to their relatively high percentage of Cabernet Franc.”

REGION

France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

Pessac-Léognan was created in 1987 from the northern part of the left bank Graves appellation. Before then it was simply part of Graves, or sometimes it was called Haut-Graves. Unlike many other Bordeaux appellations, Pessac-Léognan is known for both red and dry white wines, although its reds are more famous. The appellation includes ten communes and the area’s most important châteaux, including Château Haut-Brion, the only non-Médoc estate included in the 1855 Bordeaux classification. There are 2,964 acres of vineyards in Pessac-Léognan and 16 classified growth estates. The main red grapes grown are Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, along with a small amount of Cabernet Franc. White grapes grown are Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon, with a little Muscadelle. Pessac-Léognan is considered to have the best terroir of the greater Graves region.

VINTAGE

2021 Château Les Carmes Haut Brion