Country: France

Region: Bordeaux - Pessac-Leognan

Vintage: 2022

Cépage:  Cabernet Franc (40%); Cabernet Sauvignon (34%); Merlot (26%)

Size: 750 ml

Rating(s): 100 (RP); 98+ (JD); 99 (JS)

" The 2022 Les Carmes Haut-Brion is the finest wine bottled to date at this estate under Patrice Pichet's ownership and Guillaume Pouthier's direction. Unfurling from the glass with aromas of violet, iris, dark wild berries, pencil lead and mulberries, it's medium to full-bodied, deep and concentrated with a deep core of fruit beautifully framed by velvety, precise tannins, segueing into a long, saline and perfumed finish. Suave and harmonious, it was crafted with 70% whole bunches and matured in 70% new oak."

Yohan Castaing (RP) - 03/25