2024, Château Les Carmes Haut Brion, PESSAC-LÉOGNAN, Grand Vin de Graves

Last year EP $168.00-

Bordeaux Blend: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot.

One of the most impressive wines of the vintage, the 2024 Les Carmes Haut-Brion is a striking effort that sets itself apart with seamless integration, even at this early stage, and a strong sense of identity. It’s layered and textural, with a sappy, enveloping core of pure, vibrant fruit framed by finely grained, velvety tannins, culminating in a long, precise and gently stemmy finish. This is one of the rare wines of the vintage where sappiness is expressed with such finesse and charm, thanks in no small part to meticulous vineyard work and severe sorting in the winery.
93-96 Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate.

Seamless and silky in the glass, with superb balance, the 2024 Les Carmes Haut-Brion is one of the wines of the vintage. All the elements are so well balanced, always a sign of a superior vintage at this address. New oak is already very nicely integrated, another sign of a superb vintage. The 2024 is a brilliant effort. 2034 - 2054
95-97 Antonio Galloni, Vinous

The 2024 Les Carmes Haut-Brion has impressive fruit concentration on the nose with redcurrant and blackberry fruit, hints of cassis and a dab of dark chocolate. Fine delineation.The palate is medium-bodied and fresh with fine tannins, a subtle pepperiness imparted by the whole bunches and a tingle of pain d'épices towards the finish. Very harmonious and very delicious, this should provide 20 to 25 years of drinking pleasure.  2031 - 2060
94-96 Neal Martin, Vinous.

This small (7.82 hectare) property is the closest vineyard to the city of Bordeaux and is a "clos" - surrounded by a stone wall as in Burgundy. Consequently they never suffer frost here and bud burst and flowering are regularly ahead of everyone else. Winemaker Guillaume Pouthier previously worked at Chapoutier in the Rhône. It has a stunning new winery designed by Philippe Starck. 2024 is 48% Cabernet Franc, 29% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot.