Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion

End of night and end of palate but this seemed ok. Kind of lean and oddly flavored.

Viel Animalik die nach etwas zeit aber etwas verfliegt und dafür Liebstöckel und Zedernholz dazustossen. Rote Kirsche, Bleistift, Leder, Blaubeere und etwas Cassis. Sehr schön integriertr Tannine, die Säure gibt Spannung und Länge dazu. Überraschend gut. BoW 18.5/20

Past its best

Belle couleur rubis profond, lourd, larmes fines et très lentes. Nez très épicé qui présente de jolies senteurs de groseilles, de cassis et de myrtilles. Fine pointe de bois très noble. Fond cendré. Attaque large sur les fruits rouges et noirs bien murs et très concentrés. Fond de fumée, de torréfaction avec une pointe d'animalité. Immense finale très longue sur des fruits concentrés qui laisse apparaitre dans ses ultimes instants une pointe de bois et de fumée. Grande puissance et …

Billecart-Salmon Champagne, Burgundies, Rhones, Bordeaux etc with Sebastien, Brandon and Maciej (Museum Hotel, Wellington) : Colour deep red. Nose shows clear bell pepper aroma. Clearly Cabernet Sauvignon signature, with some age showing aromas of tobacco, cigar box, herbs and dried leaves. On palate, a classic claret, English-style Bordeaux, not from a blockbuster year. Succulent, mellowing with beautiful acid balance. Flavours of tobacco, dark cherries, dried herbs, leather and brushwood. Suave, fine grained tannins, fully resolved. Well proportioned and long, finishes …

Fragrant cedary oak, graphite and ripe blackberries fruit. Classic mineral notes from Pessac-Leognan. Palate is elegant with the flavours from the nose, following through from entry to finish. Good layering and intensity in the mid-palate. Finish is deep and lingering, just a touch hot and spicy. Need sometime in the decanter. Good attempt for the vintage.

Good quality cork, very tightly seated. 13% alcohol according to the label. Ruby red with a touch of orange towards the rim. Shy on the nose, with a lot of aeration you get a strong impression of beet-root and hot pebbles on a sunny day. In the mouth, notably harmonious, red fruits, more beet root, tobacco leaf, earthy, nice acidity, tannins almost melted away, pretty long, sweet finish, delicious. A really nice surprise as I feared it might have been …

Color is showing a broad band of rust/orange at the rim, and is still a dark ruby in the center of the glass. The aroma is dominated by pronounced tobacco/cigar character, with wisps of cassis, espresso, cocoa and vanilla underneath. Cool on the palate, with initial impressions of berries, plums, cherries, and a hint of pear and fig, crossing into earthy, spicy, leather on the finish. Medium body, lively moderate acidity and rich, ripe tannins give a closing feel of …