2019 Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion Le C des Carmes Haut-Brion

Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 89.6 points

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  3/2/2024 - Psdycp wrote: 89 Points

  Bright nose of cherry, a touch of leafiness, cinnamon stick and hints of fennel. Palate is soft, approachable and rounded. Simple. Medium-bodied with nice acidity to carry the aromatics from entry to the finish which is firm and somewhat short. Made for early and daily drinking.

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  3/2/2024 - macaujames Likes this wine: 93 Points

  92-93. Has lovely gravel infused blackberry and blueberry aromas. An elegant yet fruity full throttle blackberry yet silky very well oaked wine. Many conundrums. 13%. Drink now with pleasure or lay down 3-5 years. 13%. Nees 2-3 hrs aeration. Needs oak to settle down.

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  2/15/2024 - salil wrote: 65 Points

  A reductive, burnt rubbery nose leads into a palate full of extracted black fruit and oak, with a finish that's bitter and oaky with a tinge of finishing heat. I'm not sure if I mentioned the oak, but there's a lot of it here. The back label says it's 13% alcohol, which is funny in the same way that Homer Simpson saying "According to my driver's license, I weigh 140 pounds" is funny. That's in the episode Lisa Gets an A. You know what doesn't get an A, or come remotely close to it? This wine.

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  1/23/2024 - JOwzer Likes this wine: 90 Points

  From 750ml. Decanted 2hrs in advance. Invited to a private tasting with the winemaker. Brief impressions. Deep ruby colour. Nose and palate of mainly blue + black fruits with nice floral element (blue summer flowers?). Medium plus acidity and body. Really modern tannin structure, so I would expect this to be ready for immediate consumption for those that enjoy a more fruit forward profile. The balance and tension would suggest that this wine should age effortlessly for at least 10-15 years. 90pts now with 92-93 upside. Considering picking up a 3pack at c$50.

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  1/13/2024 - Claymonster Likes this wine: 87 Points

  Popped and let air for several hours. Initially very reticent on the nose and palate. Tried giving it time in the glass but it stayed tight. Some cassis and cherry. M- body, M acid. Plush tannins. It wouldn’t open. Nothing on the attack, mid palate, nor much on the finish. I thought it might be in a dumb phase. Finally, around the 5-6 hour mark it started to transform into a juicy cherry pie. Some judicious oak treatment provides a bit of depth and complexity. Enjoyable (eventually) but I’m unlikely to buy this again because even at peak it didn’t feel like a particularly good value at the $30 mark.
  
  Music pairing: Handsome Boy Modeling School - So…. How’s Your Girl?

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