2003 Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 90.3 points

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  5/7/2023 - Cailles wrote: flawed

  Bordeaux 2003 – 20 Years On – 33 Reds: All wines tasted blind, not decanted (some wines would have needed it). Observations: 1) 2003 is not a good vintage. The wines don’t have the depth and elegance of good years. But I was positively surprised, that while it’s clearly a hot year, there are less overripe, over-extracted and prematurely dying wines than in 09/10. Still, there is no comparison to how Chateauxs handle hot years today. 2) Compared to five other vintage retrospectives, the 2003 came in last place (lower average score than 2011), with just Chateau Margaux reaching a group score above 95pts. 3) Margaux wines showed best, with the typical immediate charm, while St. Estephe and Pauillac have potential but will need more time (and/or would have needed more air). 4) Right bank wines did not show as good with some alcohol showing and a few wines being on a downhill path. I would not chase 2003 right banks.
  
  TN: Sadly, this was corked. I like the more recent vintages under the helm of Pouthier a lot but hardly have any experience with older vintages. Hence, it would have been fun to taste this.
  
  Group average: - pts
  Group rank: Shared 29th out of 29 reds

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  3/20/2023 - sirpat00 wrote: flawed

  Grand Bordeaux 2003 horizontal tasting (Fribourg): Bordeaux 2003 vintage horizontal hosted by a private collector and moderated by Jean-Marc Quarin. Main observations: 1/ Average quality is acceptable, but weighted down by various low-lights, esp. on the right bank. 2/ In general a tannic vintage, lacking balance. 3/ Top 3 wines were Lafite, Mouton and Margaux (all 95). See the tasting story for a complete overview and additional vintage comments.
  
  Tasting note:
  Corked unfortunately. mostly cardboard and hard to find anything else.

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  1/31/2023 - Tao wrote: 90 Points

  Colour: Dark ruby red, slightly watery brick rim
  
  Nose: Intense, strong wild berry fruits, a touch of game, a touch of leather, wild mushrooms.
  
  Palate: Earthy fruits in substantial size, meaty in texture, and a little dull at this stage.
  
  I suspect it needs a bit more time for the ageing, I'll take the 'Wait and see' approach!

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  8/21/2020 - Pancreatitis wrote:

  Utterly delicious mature Bordeaux, truffle, hoisin, mushroom, treading between secondary and tertiary but quite Burgundian.

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  12/6/2015 - Wineguy76 wrote: 89 Points

  This fully mature Pessac-Leognan from an estate in Graves neighboring Chateau Haut-Brion offers a dense crimson colour and lovely aromas of dried cranberries, mint leaf and fresh lavender. It is medium to full-bodied with fine notes of dark fruit and milk chocolate shaving. The finish is moderate. Not the best value at £40 but nonetheless a very pleasant drinking experience. Drink now.

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