2018 Chateau Les Carmes Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan, Bottle (750ml)
$179
100JD
Critic key
JD = Jeb Dunnuck
- Rating
- JD100
- Producer
- Les Carmes Haut Brion
- Vintage
- 2018
- Region
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Pessac-Leognan
- Country
- France
- Format
- Bottle
- Volume
- 750mL
- Type
- Still
- Color
- Red
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Product Description
JD100 "In the same realm as the magical 2016, the 2018 Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion comes from the talented Guillaume Pouthier, who has this estate firing on all cylinders. Checking in as an interesting blend of 37% Cabernet Franc, 34% Merlot, and 29% Cabernet Sauvignon, it was fermented with roughly 40% stems and is expected to spend 18-24 months in 75% new French oak. Its deep purple color is followed by an incredibly pure and complex bouquet of sweet cassis, crushed violets, graphite, smoke tobacco, and beautiful minerality. Medium to full-bodied, flawlessly balanced, and elegant on the palate, it shows a more vibrant, fresh side to the vintage, has terrific tannin quality, and is simply pure class any way you look at it. I was served the 1945 Carmes-Haut-Brion by Guillaume blind, and it reminded me of a ripe, youthful vintage from Haut-Brion. It certainly didn’t taste like a wine approaching 75 years in age! This is a magical terroir which is being maximized by Pouthier today. Believe the hype." Jeb Dunnuck, May 2019