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C des Carmes Haut Brion 2020
Pessac-Leognan, Second wine
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| Units | Size | Case size | GBP Price: | Quantities | Buy |
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| 66 | 75cl Bottle | Case 6 | £150 per Case | Cases | [Add to shopping basket] |
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Bottled after 24 months' élevage, much of which took place in large foudres, the 2020 Le C des Carmes Haut-Brion offers up aromas of dark berries, plums and spices complemented by hints of rose petal and licorice. Medium to full-bodied, supple and pillowy, with an ample core of fruit framed by melting tannins, it's a suave and charming blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot and 2% Petit Verdot. Score: 94 William Kelley, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2025-2045 06 April 2023 |
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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. Score: 93 Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2023-2036 15 February 2023 |
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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. Score: 91 - 93 Antonio Galloni, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2026-2040 01 June 2021 |
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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. Score: 89 - 91 Neal Martin, Inside Bordeaux Maturity: 2024-2038 01 May 2021 |
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