Chateau Les Carmes Haut Brion Vertical Premium Bordeaux Wine Review

Chateau Les Carmes Haut Brion was at one time part of a large estate owned by John de Pontac which included La Mission Haut Brion and Haut Brion. Jean gifted a watermill that was situated in the middle of what would become the Les Carmes Haut Brion vineyards and the vineyard was named after a group of friars who managed the estate from 1584 until the French Revolution in 1789.

After the French Revolution, Leon Colin bought the property at the start of the 19th Century. In 2010, Les Carmes Haut Brion was purchased by Patrice Pichet, head of the Bordeaux real estate company, Groupe Pichet. In 2013, the Pichot group began a complete renovation of the chateau and wine-making facilities. In total, the entire hectare vineyard of Les Carmes Haut Brion is 29.6 hectares, of which 22 hectares grow vines. However, only 7.6 hectares of vines are used to produce Les Carmes Haut Brion (the rest is used to produce its 2nd wine, Le C des Carmes Haut Brion) The vineyard is planted to 41% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Franc, and 20% Cabernet Sauvignon. With the 2015 vintage, Les Carmes Haut Brion started to vinify about half of their fruit whole cluster. About 4000 cases of this wine is made each year.

I had the good fortune of tasting a number of their wines with Guillaume Pouthier, the Director and winemaker of Les Carmes Brion

The wines tasted in the video are:

2019 Le C des Carmes Haut Brion
2020 Le C des Carmes Haut Brion
2017 Les Carmes Haut Brion
2018 Les Carmes Haut Brion
2019 Les Carmes Haut Brion
2020 Les Carmes Haut Brion

For more information about the winery, please visit their website at https://www.les-carmes-haut-brion.com/en