Chateau Les Carmes Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan 2017 i trækasse

“96-98+ points.” – Anthoyanes/Yohan Castaing
“96 points. One of the real highlights of the vintage…Don’t miss it.” - Vinous
“96 points. Brilliant wine that continues to impress three years on from the En Primeur tasting” - Decanter
“95 points. A lovely wine, graceful with finesse and hidden power.” – Jane Anson MW
“94 points. This 2017 ranks with the gems of Pessac as well as all of Bordeaux.”  - Jeb Dunnuck

Er Les Carmes Haut-Brion det bedste køb i Bordeaux i årgang 2017? Med anmeldelser, der går så højt som 98+, er der meget der tyder på, at det historiske slot fra det 16. årh. har præsteret et helt utroligt niveau i årgang 2017, hvor forårsfrosten hærgede mange steder i Bordeaux.  

Patrice Pichet købte i 2010 Les Carmes Haut Brion for 3,8 mio. Euro/hektar, hvilket gør det til den dyrest handlede mark nogensinde i Bordeaux!

Den elegante og mineralske rødvin har fået navn efter naboen Haut-Brion samt efter karmelitermunkene, der ejede slottet fra 1584 og frem til revolutionen i 1789.

Les Carmes de Haut-Brion er unik. For det første er produktionen af topvinen atypisk lille og eksklusiv. Dernæst minder drueblendet med sin overvægt af Cabernet Franc (fra snart 100 år gamle stokke!) mere om Cheval Blanc i St-Émilion end om typisk Pessac-Léognan. Hele 45% af druehøsten gærer uden afstilkning. Udover ny barrique modner vinen på brugte barriques, store egetræsfade samt cementtank og leramfora.

I 2015 stod et nyt Philippe Starck-designet vineri klar – og med Les Carmes Haut Brion 2016 høstede slottet for første gang nogensinde de forjættede 100 point. En bedrift som slottet gentog i 2018.  

Anmdelelser af Chateau Les Carmes Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan 2017 OWC 

96-98+/100 Anthocyanes/Yohan Castaing

96-98/100 Jacques Perrin

96/100 Decanter
“Brilliant wine that continues to impress three years on from the En Primeur tasting, with a creamy but restrained texture, precise black fruits with a spicy undertow. By this point Carmes had the highest percentage of Cabernet Franc on the Left Bank, and had really started to establish its own identity. It was also using a full 40% whole bunch winemaking, choosing only the ripest stems to include in the fermentation tanks, adding a twist of salinity on the finish and ensuring a dip of around 1% in potential alcohol levels at picking (this is a hot site close to the city centre). Owned by Patrice Pichet since 2011, with Guillaume Pouthier joining as director in 2012 - whose experience in the Rhône meant he was not afraid to use stems in winemaking, something traditionally shunned in Bordeaux. This wine shows the success of that approach, giving personality and poise. Needs another few years for the austerity to soften further.”

96/100 Vinous, Antonio Galloni
“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.”  

95/100 Jane Anson MW
“A lighter framed vintage, goes long on subtle woodsmoke, and we are back to roses here but they are petals and rosebuds, not stems, along with fragrant peony, raspberry, redcurrant, cassis. Graceful, plenty of sappy tannins and slate minerality, with liftoff through the finish. A lovely wine, graceful with finesse and hidden power. Can drink earlier than either the 2015 or 2016, just ensure you carafe for a few hours. 50% stems. Ageing takes place in a mix of 25% new oak, 5% oak casks, and 10% amphoras.”

95/100  Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, The Wine Independent
“Les Carmes Haut Brion 2017 has a medium to deep garnet-purple color. It is a little closed to start, soon unfurling to offer notes of kirsch, redcurrants, and black raspberries, plus touches of rose oil, dried sage, and crushed rocks. Light to medium-bodied, the palate is tightly wound and energetic with bags of bright, crunchy red fruits and fine-grained tannins to support it, finishing long and lifted.”

17,5/18 Bettane + Desseauve

94/100 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.”

94/100 James Suckling
“Aromas of graphite and spiced wood here. The fruit is nicely ripe, in the redder end of the berry spectrum. The palate has good depth and weight. Quite fine, fresh tannins carry plenty of red-plum flavor. Drink or hold.”

94/100 Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
“Clearly a finesse styled wine with plenty of smoke, ripe red fruits, flowers and cigar box notes. Elegant, fresh, medium/full-bodied with lift and length, give the wine a decade to develop more nuances and complexities”

93+/100 Robert Parker
“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.”

Om Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan 2017 OWC

Grand Vin: Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan 
2. Vin: Les C de Carmes Haut-Brion
Beliggenhed: Pessac Léognan 
Beplantet areal: 29,6 ha 
Plantede druesorter: 41% Cabernet Franc, 30 % Merlot og 29 % Cabernet Sauvignon
Fadmodning: 24 mdr. 65 % af vinen modner i nye barriques, resten modner på cementtanke og leramforaer.