ready-keep2017 Le C des Carmes Haut-Brion, Pessac-Léognan

 The 2017 Le C des Carmes Haut-Brion was picked from 20 September to 3 October, with 13° alcohol. It is matured in 30% new oak, 60% one-year and 10% amphora. It has a very perfumed, quite generous bouquet with wild strawberry, vanilla pod, blueberry and subtle damp clay aromas. The palate conveys a fine sense of energy on the entry. Then it delivers very edgy, almost chalky tannin that frame the dark berry fruit, hints of brown spice and a typically reduced finish that indicates this will require four or five years in bottle. - Vinous

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[] James Suckling:: 90-91/100

[] Vinous: 89-91/100                                                                                                 
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