Le C des Carmes Haut-Brion 2023
Pessac-Léognan
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£159.00
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Arriving: December 2026
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| Style: Red | Packaging: OCC |
| ABV: 13.0% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: | Drink from: 2030 |
| Biodynamic: | Drink to: 2040 |
| Grapes: 60% Cabernet Sauvignon 38% Merlot 2% Petit Verdot | |
Critic scores
92-94 RP, 91-93 NM, 92-94 AG, 93-94 JS, 94-96 JD, 93 DC, 92-94 JL, 92-94 DB, 96-97 YB, 93 GM
Critic reviews
"The 2023 Le C des Carmes Haut-Brion is a terrific vintage wine bursting in the glass with pure, fresh and complex aromas of mulberries, cassis, violet and dark wild berries. Medium to full-bodied, creamy and seamless, it’s fleshy core of fruit is framed by bright acids a d supple tannins. This blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot is the most accomplished C de Carmes to date. It's maturing 10% in amphorae and the rest in foudres of 50 hectoliters."
Yohan Castaing, April 2024, RobertParker.com
"The 2023 Le C des Carmes Haut-Brion was picked from September 20 to October 5 and includes 25% whole bunch, with 13% alcohol due to their addition. This comes from the osmotic absorption of alcohol in the vat, according to Guillaume Pouthier. Matured in 20% new oak with 10% in amphora, it has a very pure and airy bouquet of black cherries commingling with blueberry and light pressed-violet aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with cashmere tannins. It’s very smooth with white pepper infusing the red fruit, but it’s perhaps just missing a little grip toward the finish. This seems to just glide, and it will drink after just a couple of years in bottle."
Neal Martin, April 2024, Vinous.com
"The 2023 Le C des Carmes Haut-Brion is a powerful, substantial wine. Dark plum, lavender, mocha, licorice and spice infuse the palate with tremendous depth. This is going to need time to come together, even if it's quite alluring today. Silky, elegant tannins wrap around the substantial finish."
Antonio Galloni, April 2024, Vinous.com
"The fruit is very beautiful and crunchy, pure and fresh. Medium body with lovely texture and depth. 25% whole-cluster fermentation. Aged for three years, two in barrel and cask and one in concrete. 60% cabernet sauvignon, 38% merlot and 2% petit verdot."
James Suckling, April 2024, JamesSuckling.com
"The 2023 C Des Carmes Haut-Brion is based on 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Merlot, and the rest Petit Verdot, 25% stems, with a portion raised in foudre. Possibly the finest vintage of this cuvée I've tasted, it has a gorgeous nose of cassis, graphite, spring flowers, and underbrush. With medium to full-bodied richness, a round, layered mouthfeel, and beautiful tannins, this is one to seek out."
Jeb Dunnuck, May 2024, JebDunnuck.com
"Crunchy and bright on the nose, some herbal and crisp fresh fruits, cranberry, red cherry and strawberry. Herbal Cabernet elements too. Super bright and fresh, clean, so crystalline and pure. Nice drinkability on offer, really lovely styling, has salinity and lots of minerality with a direct frame. Not as plush or weighty as some, but there are gorgeous aromatics, juiciness and a clean definition to the tannins. Very finessed and balanced. A stunning second wine. 3.60pH. 25% whole bunch fermentation. Harvest September 20 to October 5. Ageing 20% new oak, 70% vats of 30hl and 10% amphoras."
Georgina Hindle, April 2024, Decanter.com
Yohan Castaing, April 2024, RobertParker.com
"The 2023 Le C des Carmes Haut-Brion was picked from September 20 to October 5 and includes 25% whole bunch, with 13% alcohol due to their addition. This comes from the osmotic absorption of alcohol in the vat, according to Guillaume Pouthier. Matured in 20% new oak with 10% in amphora, it has a very pure and airy bouquet of black cherries commingling with blueberry and light pressed-violet aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with cashmere tannins. It’s very smooth with white pepper infusing the red fruit, but it’s perhaps just missing a little grip toward the finish. This seems to just glide, and it will drink after just a couple of years in bottle."
Neal Martin, April 2024, Vinous.com
"The 2023 Le C des Carmes Haut-Brion is a powerful, substantial wine. Dark plum, lavender, mocha, licorice and spice infuse the palate with tremendous depth. This is going to need time to come together, even if it's quite alluring today. Silky, elegant tannins wrap around the substantial finish."
Antonio Galloni, April 2024, Vinous.com
"The fruit is very beautiful and crunchy, pure and fresh. Medium body with lovely texture and depth. 25% whole-cluster fermentation. Aged for three years, two in barrel and cask and one in concrete. 60% cabernet sauvignon, 38% merlot and 2% petit verdot."
James Suckling, April 2024, JamesSuckling.com
"The 2023 C Des Carmes Haut-Brion is based on 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 38% Merlot, and the rest Petit Verdot, 25% stems, with a portion raised in foudre. Possibly the finest vintage of this cuvée I've tasted, it has a gorgeous nose of cassis, graphite, spring flowers, and underbrush. With medium to full-bodied richness, a round, layered mouthfeel, and beautiful tannins, this is one to seek out."
Jeb Dunnuck, May 2024, JebDunnuck.com
"Crunchy and bright on the nose, some herbal and crisp fresh fruits, cranberry, red cherry and strawberry. Herbal Cabernet elements too. Super bright and fresh, clean, so crystalline and pure. Nice drinkability on offer, really lovely styling, has salinity and lots of minerality with a direct frame. Not as plush or weighty as some, but there are gorgeous aromatics, juiciness and a clean definition to the tannins. Very finessed and balanced. A stunning second wine. 3.60pH. 25% whole bunch fermentation. Harvest September 20 to October 5. Ageing 20% new oak, 70% vats of 30hl and 10% amphoras."
Georgina Hindle, April 2024, Decanter.com