2014 Les Carmes Haut Brion 75CL

Pessac-Leognan

₱9,295
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TASTING NOTES:

Wine Rating: RP 91 points
Drink by: 2020 - 2040

The 2014 Les Carmes Haut Brion has a very ripe, fig-tinged bouquet with red cherries, orange sorbet and faint tarry scents. This has more bravado than many of its Pessac-Léognan peers.
The palate is medium-bodied with saturated tannin. It comes across as more modern in style than its peers, silky smooth with caressing succulent red cherry and blackberry fruit leading to a polished finish. It has very good body and density, though I find much more complexity on the 2015. I remarked that I wanted to see how well the oak integrates with this Les Carmes Haut-Brion and at this early stage, I wait to be totally convinced that all the constituent parts are singing from the same hymn sheet.

Patrice Pichet acquired the Carmes estate in late 2010. This investment had a hint of challenge about it, of course, but it was also driven by a genuine passion for wine harbouring the highest ambitions.

The Château crafts its wines like great figures, developing unique characteristics, carefully honed temperaments, noble expression and great potential. The top wine, the pride of the estate, has successfully created a synthesis between power and finesse, radiance, and depth.