Description

Quantities limited to 12 bottles per customer (or equivalent to 6 magnums)

The Grand Vin from this Pessac-Léognan property, Les Carmes Haut-Brion, charms everyone with its magnificent balance between finesse and character, density and liveliness. To achieve this, the château chooses varieties such as Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon, which draw their nutrients from the gravel soils that rest on a clay-limestone bedrock and are then vinified in temperature-controlled, cone-shaped stainless steel vats.

The wine is later aged in small and large wooden barrels (with a high proportion of new wood) and earthenware jars.

Vintage 2024 blend: 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, 1% Petit Verdot.

iDealwine En Primeur Tasting Note: As usual, this wine gives the impression of whole fruit, with its unique texture and framework, its full, spherical mouth of red and black fruit, its saline profile on the finish with notes of blood oranges, due to the proportion of whole clusters in the blend (29%). The nose is expressive of iris, peony and violet, all delicate and well-balanced. With the glass in hand, it’s easy to understand the precise work that has gone into ripening the grapes, selecting between bunches and using a densimetric bath to carry out the most meticulous sorting… A real favorite. ”

Wine Advoacte: “ Wine Advocate : “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. Poised, precise and unmistakably singular, it opens in the glass with a perfumed bouquet of iris, violet, dark berries, cherries, vine smoke and gentian. Medium to full-bodied, supple and notably fleshy for the vintage, 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. The blend is composed of 48% Cabernet Franc, 29% Cabernet Sauvignon and 23% Merlot, and it’s maturing in a combination of 70% new oak, 19% foudres and 11% amphorae. »”