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Chateau Les Carmes Haut Brion, Pessac Leognan, 2012

Chateau Les Carmes Haut Brion, Pessac Leognan, 2012

€180,00 - €180,00
€180,00
€180,00 - €180,00
€180,00
This estate has been under new ownership since 2010 and the 2012 is a great success story.  The fruit shows luscious redcurrants and the overall style is really soft and attractive. It is the finish, however, where the wine really shows off a wonderful sapidité (a French term meaning an almost salty, mineral savouriness). The château's director, Guillaume Pouthier, puts this down to using ripe stalks in the blend, a difficult method frequently used in Burgundy but very rarely seen in Bordeaux. This 2012 is very much a success.

Producer

Chateau Les Carmes Haut Brion

Tasting Notes

Juicy and direct, with solid plum, raspberry and bitter cherry notes pushed by woodspice, singed alder and charcoal. Long on the finish, with pleasantly grippy, spicy tones.

Country

France

Region

Bordeaux

Style

Juicy, complex, structured

Colour

Red

ABV

13.5

Grape

44% Merlot, 38% Cabernet Franc and 18% Cabernet Sauvignon

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