Chateau Les Carmes Haut Brion, Pessac Leognan, 2012
Original price
€180,00
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Original price
€180,00
Original price
€180,00
€180,00
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€180,00
Current price
€180,00
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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