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Chateau Les Carmes Haut-Brion Pessac Leognan 2000

$14999

Twenty-five years of careful aging has given this Pessac-Léognan its full voice: medium ruby with ripe dark-berry aromatics that open to leafy, licorice-edged notes on the palate. The high percentage of Cabernet Franc in the blend lends a graceful lightness characteristic of this innovative estate, while fine tannins and fresh acidity allow damson and dark plum flavors to sing on the elegant finish. Perfectly matured and ready to drink now.

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Antonio Galloni

88 points

"The 2000 Les Carmes Haut-Brion is a blend of 55% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. This is a vintage that I have not tasted since just after bottling. It’s beginning to brick on the rim but still displays good depth of color. The nose is a little rustic and slightly animally, showing saddle leather, broom, undergrowth/peat and black fruit. There’s good intensity here, but maybe just a touch of brettanomyces. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy, quite dry tannins. Muscular and grippy with a balsamic-tinged finish, the 2000 packs quite a punch, although it does have bucolic charm. I would drink bottles now, although I suspect this will remain solid for the next 12–15 years." —Neal Martin

Robert Parker

94 points

"This is a slight upgrade for this wine, which seems to be approaching full maturity but is in no danger of losing fruit or declining for at least another 10 years. It is one of the most elegant wines of the vintage, with an ethereal nose of red and blue fruits, spring flowers, and hints of bay leaf and graphite, while unsmoked cigar tobacco and plum also make an appearance in the strikingly complex aromatics and flavors. The wine is medium-bodied, not a blockbuster by any means, but a wine of terrific balance, purity, symmetry, and style. Drink it over the next 20 years." —Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Wine Spectator

90 points

"Gorgeous wine. Very ripe, with exotic fruit and smoky, earthy undertones. Medium- to full-bodied, with fine tannins and a long finish. Much better than what I tasted from barrel. Best after 2006."

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Cabernet Sauvignon , Merlot , Other Regional Grapes , Red Blend

  • Vintage

    2000

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Sustainable

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Full Bodied

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