Les Carmes Haut Brion 2018

Les Carmes Haut Brion 2018

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  • Jane Anson rating 98
  • Jancis Robinson rating 96
  • Vinous rating 94
Les Carmes Haut Brion 2018
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HED53824

75 cl

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£142.00
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Les Carmes Haut-Brion comprises just 7.6 hectares in Pessac-Léognan, making it a small property punching well above its weight. Former Chapoutier winemaker Guillaume Pouthier leads the team at Carmes and has been quietly producing some of Bordeaux`s greatest wines ever since he joined. Les Carmes Haut-Brion 2018 was awarded 97-98 points by James Suckling.
98 Jane Anson
This powerful, full of complex layers of raspberry, blackberry, smoked earth, rosemary and turmeric spice, but running underneath it all is clear salinity and grip. The personality and poise of this wine overtakes the vintage, not an easy thing to do in a year that is as powerful as 2018 and on a warm site such as Carmes Haut-Brion. Touches of saffron and salt-licked as it opens, sage, freshly grilled dried herbs and gourmet espresso and brioche. Enjoyable. 3.62pH, and harvest at almost 1% ABV higher than you find in the final bottle. Ageing takes place in a mix of 25% new oak, 5% oak casks, and 10% amphoras, with 55% stems during fermentation, and natural yeasts.Jane Anson9th February 2022
96 Jancis Robinson
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.Lisa Perrotti-Brown9th February 2023
94 Vinous
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 Martin25th October 2022

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