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GRAPE VARIETIES:
40% Cabernet Franc, 42% Merlot, 18% Cabernet Sauvignon
TASTING NOTES:
The nose is fruity and offers freshness as well as a certain creaminess, notes of wild strawberries, small juicy wild red fruits and more slightly fresh blackberry associated with zan, sweet spices as well as a fine hint of clove and discreet hint of vanilla. Presence of an imperceptible truffle tip in the background after getting aired in the glass. The palate is fruity and offers a nice freshness, minerality, salinity, a tangy frame, energy, a certain radiance as well as a fine tension. Tannins are precise and relatively suave. Good length.
FOOD PAIRINGS:
Red Meat | BBQ | Cold Cuts | Bun Bo Nam Bo
BRAND NAME:
Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion
One of the jewels of the Bordeaux wine country, Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion has over 29 hectares of vines. It is in a unique location, an enclave in the city of Bordeaux. In fact, it is the only estate to have vines in the city proper. This unique combination of soil and microclimate clearly contributes to Château les Carmes Haut-Brion’s finesse and elegance. This estate was bought in 2010 by Patrice Pichet, who were seeking to diversify. He has already planned major investments: restructuring the vineyard as well as building a new cellar for fermenting and ageing the wine.
