2017 Chateau Les Carmes Haut-Brion 2017 Chateau Les Carmes Haut-Brion 2017 Chateau Les Carmes Haut-Brion 2017 Chateau Les Carmes Haut-Brion
2017 Chateau Les Carmes Haut-Brion
2017 Chateau Les Carmes Haut-Brion
2017 Chateau Les Carmes Haut-Brion
2017 Chateau Les Carmes Haut-Brion

2017 Chateau Les Carmes Haut-Brion

Red Bordeaux Blend

France / Bordeaux / Graves  / Pessac-Leognan

$1,740
JD 94
RP 93
V 96
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2017 Chateau Les Carmes Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan, France

Les Carmes Haut-Brion

Among the classic elegance of Pessac-Léognan, the Carmes top wine has carved out its own niche. Unprecedented proportions of Cabernet Franc offer a silky power which is then supported by the intensity of Cabernet Sauvignon. Within this structure, Merlot develops rounded and refined fruitiness: balance is the order of the day, ensuring a style that is complex and delicious in equal measures.

Blend:
41% Cabernet Franc
30% Merlot
29% Cabernet Sauvignon

VINEYARDS
Total surface area of the vineyard in 2017: 29.6 ha.
Plots used to make the Grand Vin: 7.6 ha.
Plantation density: 10,000 vines / ha.
Average age of the vines in 2017: 42 years
Soil types: Mindel gravel over a clay-limestone substrate
Harvesting: 100% hand-picked
Harvest dates: 4 - 9 Sept 2017


VINIFICATION TECHNIQUES
Vats used: Temperature-controlled vats: 60 hl conical stainless steel 50 hl concrete 76 hl wood
Initial fermentation: 25 - 30 days on average
Malolactic fermentation in the barrels: Partial
Barrel maturing: 24 months 65% in new barrels 35% in used barrels, tuns, concrete vats and terra cotta amphorae
Noteworthy features of the vinification and / or maturing processes: All vats vinified without crushing, and partly by whole bunch fermentation. Cap punching only.
Composition of the wine: 13% alc./ 3.59 pHpH

JD 94

Jeb Dunnuck

Offering an Haut-Brion-like level of purity and precision, the 2017 Chateau Les Carmes Haut-Brion (41% Cabernet Franc, 30% Merlot, and 29% Cabernet Sauvignon) sports a vivid purple color as well as perfumed notes of blueberries, blackberries, unsmoked tobacco, crushed violets, and spring flowers. It’s not a blockbuster in the mold of the 2015 or 2016 (or 2018), but it has medium to full body, a beautiful elegance and purity, notable minerality, and an exceptional finish. It opens up with time in the glass, and I was able to follow a bottle for 3 days without it ever showing a hint of oxidation. Give bottles 4-5 years of bottle age and enjoy over the following 30 years or more. Guillaume Pouthier and consultant Stephane Derenoncourt have unquestionably raised the quality from this estate, and this 2017 ranks with the gems of Pessac as well as all of Bordeaux. Reviewed by Jeb Dunnuck, Issue date: February 2020. Drinking window: 2024 - 2055.
RP 93

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

(Rating 93+). Composed of 41% Cabernet Franc, 30% Merlot and 29% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2017 Les Carmes Haut-Brion was fermented using 40% whole clusters and aged for around 20 months in French oak barrels, 65% new. Medium to deep garnet-purple, it springs from the glass with fragrant notions of Black Forest cake, kirsch and black raspberries plus touches of cedar chest, red roses, black tea and dried mint. Medium bodied, the palate struts itself with great elegance and poise, featuring restrained, mineral-sparked red and black fruits with a firm, grainy texture and bold freshness, finishing long and perfumed. Reviewed by Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Issue date: March 2020. Drinking window: 2023 - 2045.
V 96

Vinous

One of the real highlights of the vintage, the 2017 Les Carmes Haut-Brion possesses off the charts aromatic intensity and tremendous depth. An exotic mélange of sweet tobacco, menthol, rose petal, licorice, dried herbs and sweet dark fruit builds in a wine endowed with extraordinary beauty. Energetic and vibrant to the core, Les Carmes Haut-Brion was magnificent on the three occasions I have tasted it so far. Don't miss it. Reviewed by Antonio Galloni, Issue date: December 2019. Drinking window: 2025 - 2047.

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JD 94

Jeb Dunnuck

Offering an Haut-Brion-like level of purity and precision, the 2017 Chateau Les Carmes Haut-Brion (41% Cabernet Franc, 30% Merlot, and 29% Cabernet Sauvignon) sports a vivid purple color as well as perfumed notes of blueberries, blackberries, unsmoked tobacco, crushed violets, and spring flowers. It’s not a blockbuster in the mold of the 2015 or 2016 (or 2018), but it has medium to full body, a beautiful elegance and purity, notable minerality, and an exceptional finish. It opens up with time in the glass, and I was able to follow a bottle for 3 days without it ever showing a hint of oxidation. Give bottles 4-5 years of bottle age and enjoy over the following 30 years or more. Guillaume Pouthier and consultant Stephane Derenoncourt have unquestionably raised the quality from this estate, and this 2017 ranks with the gems of Pessac as well as all of Bordeaux. Reviewed by Jeb Dunnuck, Issue date: February 2020. Drinking window: 2024 - 2055.
RP 93

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

(Rating 93+). Composed of 41% Cabernet Franc, 30% Merlot and 29% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2017 Les Carmes Haut-Brion was fermented using 40% whole clusters and aged for around 20 months in French oak barrels, 65% new. Medium to deep garnet-purple, it springs from the glass with fragrant notions of Black Forest cake, kirsch and black raspberries plus touches of cedar chest, red roses, black tea and dried mint. Medium bodied, the palate struts itself with great elegance and poise, featuring restrained, mineral-sparked red and black fruits with a firm, grainy texture and bold freshness, finishing long and perfumed. Reviewed by Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Issue date: March 2020. Drinking window: 2023 - 2045.
V 96

Vinous

One of the real highlights of the vintage, the 2017 Les Carmes Haut-Brion possesses off the charts aromatic intensity and tremendous depth. An exotic mélange of sweet tobacco, menthol, rose petal, licorice, dried herbs and sweet dark fruit builds in a wine endowed with extraordinary beauty. Energetic and vibrant to the core, Les Carmes Haut-Brion was magnificent on the three occasions I have tasted it so far. Don't miss it. Reviewed by Antonio Galloni, Issue date: December 2019. Drinking window: 2025 - 2047.

2017 Chateau Les Carmes Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan, France

Les Carmes Haut-Brion

Among the classic elegance of Pessac-Léognan, the Carmes top wine has carved out its own niche. Unprecedented proportions of Cabernet Franc offer a silky power which is then supported by the intensity of Cabernet Sauvignon. Within this structure, Merlot develops rounded and refined fruitiness: balance is the order of the day, ensuring a style that is complex and delicious in equal measures.

Blend:
41% Cabernet Franc
30% Merlot
29% Cabernet Sauvignon

VINEYARDS
Total surface area of the vineyard in 2017: 29.6 ha.
Plots used to make the Grand Vin: 7.6 ha.
Plantation density: 10,000 vines / ha.
Average age of the vines in 2017: 42 years
Soil types: Mindel gravel over a clay-limestone substrate
Harvesting: 100% hand-picked
Harvest dates: 4 - 9 Sept 2017


VINIFICATION TECHNIQUES
Vats used: Temperature-controlled vats: 60 hl conical stainless steel 50 hl concrete 76 hl wood
Initial fermentation: 25 - 30 days on average
Malolactic fermentation in the barrels: Partial
Barrel maturing: 24 months 65% in new barrels 35% in used barrels, tuns, concrete vats and terra cotta amphorae
Noteworthy features of the vinification and / or maturing processes: All vats vinified without crushing, and partly by whole bunch fermentation. Cap punching only.
Composition of the wine: 13% alc./ 3.59 pHpH

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