2020 Le C des Carmes Haut Brion, Pessac Leognan

France Bordeaux Pessac-Leognan

Great purity and depth of fruit, with excellent weight and depth to the blue and black fruits, along with the signature salinity that you find in Carmes. Finesse and drinkability. 32% stems, 22% new oak, with the rest large oak casks and 10% amphora for ageing, 3.65ph, from vines located in Martillac. This will stay at the estate for another 12 months before release. One of the best 2nd wines of the vintage.

2020 Le C des Carmes Haut Brion, Pessac Leognan

Great purity and depth of fruit, with excellent weight and depth to the blue and black fruits, along with the signature salinity that you find in Carmes. Finesse and drinkability. 32% stems, 22% new oak, with the rest large oak casks and 10% amphora for ageing, 3.65ph, from vines located in Martillac. This will stay at the estate for another 12 months before release. One of the best 2nd wines of the vintage.

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France Bordeaux Pessac-Leognan
£40.50 (Bottle)
Producer Chateau Les Carmes Haut-Brion
Sub-Region Pessac-Leognan
Region Bordeaux
Country France
Grape Variety Bordeaux Blend
Vintage 2020
Colour Red
ABV 13.00%

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Vinous

The 2020 C Des Carmes Haut-Brion is a fabulous second wine. Rich, deep and so expressive, the C Des Carmes Haut-Brion is alluring from the very first taste. Succulent red cherry, spice, new leather, rose petal and cedar all wrap around the palate. The 2020 is brimming with character. Today I find it irresistibly delicious.

91-93 Points / Drinking 2026 - 2040

By Antonio Galloni / June 2021

Vinous

The 2020 Le C des Carmes Haut-Brion needed 10–15 minutes in the glass before it gained clarity, eventually delivering ripe black fruit and hints of dark chocolate and licorice, quite heady and ebullient. The palate is medium-bodied with ripe, saturated tannins that frame the dark chocolate and allspice-infused black fruit. There’s plenty of flesh toward the finish, although this year I find quite a difference between this and the Grand Vin.

89-91 Points / Drinking 2024 - 2038

By Neal Martin / May 2021