Les Carmes Haut Brion Elements VI Case (750MLX6)
From Pessac-Leognan
| Description: | Special Limited Edition Case with 1 bottle of Les Carmes Haut Brion from the 2013-2018 vintages:. 2018: 100 Jd / 98 Ja / 97 Vm / 97 JS / 96+ Wa. 2017: 96 Vm / 96 De / 94 JS / 94 Jd / 93+ Wa. 2016: 99 Jd / 98 Vm / 97 JS / 96 Ja / 96 Ws / 95+ Wa. 2015: 97 JS / 96 Jd / 96 De / 95 Ws / 94+ Wa / 94 Vm. 2014: 95+ Vm / 94 Ja / 94 Jd / 93 JS. 2013: 92 Wa / 92 JS / 91 Ja. 2018: 100 Jd / 98 Ja / 97 Vm / 97 JS / 96+ Wa. #14 Jeb Dunnuck Top 100 2021. The 2018 Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion is a rock star of a wine and is based on a unique blend of 37% Cabernet Franc, 34% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 29% Merlot that was brought up in 80% new French oak. Offering a deep ruby/purple color as well as a thrilling bouquet of blackcurrants, smoked tobacco, chocolate, violets, damp earth, and truffle, it hits the palate with a full-bodied yet almost understated, building style that carries ripe, supple tannins, gorgeous amounts of smoky black fruits, and an endearing, layered, multi-dimensional texture that keeps you coming back to the glass. A dead ringer for a great vintage of Haut-Brion, it is far from unapproachable today yet needs 7-8 years of bottle age for the fireworks to develop and will have 50-years or more of longevity! Hats off to Guillaume Pouthier for a magical, seamless, singular beauty!-Jeb Dunnuck. 2017: 96 Vm / 96 De / 94 JS / 94 Jd / 93+ Wa. Wine Advocate Top 100 of 2020. One of the real highlights of the vintage, the 2017 Les Carmes Haut-Brion possesses off the charts aromatic intensity and tremendous depth. An exotic mélange of sweet tobacco, menthol, rose petal, licorice, dried herbs and sweet dark fruit builds in a wine endowed with extraordinary beauty. Energetic and vibrant to the core, Les Carmes Haut-Brion was magnificent on the three occasions I have tasted it so far. Don't miss it.- Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media. 2016: 99 Jd / 98 Vm / 97 JS / 96 Ja / 96 Ws / 95+ Wa. The 2016 Les Carmes Haut-Brion is very clearly one of the wines of the vintage. Breathtaking in its beauty, the 2016 soars from the glass with stunning aromatic and flavor intensity. Red cherry jam, wild flowers, mint, blood orange and sage are some of many notes that develop. In the glass, the 2016 is a vivid, statuesque, exotic wine that takes over all the senses as it delivers tons of pure pleasure. Readers should plan on cellaring the 2016 for at least a few years, but that will be virtually impossible. The 2016 is a towering masterpiece from Les Carmes Haut-Brion and Technical Director Guillaume Pouthier. Tasted three times. - Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media. 2015: 97 JS / 96 Jd / 96 De / 95 Ws / 94+ Wa / 94 Vm. The 2015 is an interesting blend of 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and the balance Cabernet Sauvignon that saw a fair amount of whole clusters in the fermentation and 90% of the blend brought up in barrel and the rest in amphoras. Its deep purple color is followed by a beautiful perfumed of ripe currant and plums fruits, chocolate, ground herbs, and damp earth. With full-bodied richness, terrific ripeness, building tannin, and an underlying sense of elegance and purity that only grows with time in the glass, it needs 4-5 years of cellaring but is going to cruise in the cellar for 3-4 decades.- Jeb Dunnuck. 2014: 95+ Vm / 94 Ja / 94 Jd / 93 JS. One of the stars of the vintage, the 2014 Les Carmes Haut-Brion is total knock-out. Graphite, smoke, red cherry jam, spice, cured meat, pomegranate and tobacco are just some of the myriad sensations that race out of the glass. Today, the 2014 is gloriously ample on the palate, with remarkable nuance for a wine of its size. The Carmes Haut-Brion has been terrific in two recent tastings. The blend is 54 % Cabernet Franc, 32 % Merlot and 14 % Cabernet Sauvignon, all aged in oak, but with some influence of 500-liter tonneaux and 12-hectoliter casks. Simon Blanchard is the consulting oenologist. Tasted two times.- Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media. 2013: 92 Wa / 92 JS / 91 Ja. Bottled one month prior to my visit, it has a very intense bouquet with macerated small dark cherries, crème de cassis and black olive. Frankly, you would not identify it as a 2013 due to the level of fruit concentration. The palate is medium-bodied with quite robust tannin on the entry. Crisp and pure, there is fine mineralité here in this wine, quite structured with a grip detectable at the back of the mouth, the finish quite linear and slightly saline. It is a very fine 2013 that should age for 12-18 years -- it is one of the very few 2013s that will need bottle age. - Neal Martin, Wine Advocate |
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| Price: | $ 4130.00 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from Grand Vin Wine Merchants
| Address: |
1003 4th Avenue East Olympia, WA 98506 United States |
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| Telephone (regular): | 360-350-4896 |
First added to 1000 Corks on March 24, 2022.
