The 2022 Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion received a perfect 100 points from Wine Advocate, 98 points from both Decanter and Wine Spectator, 97 points from James Suckling and 94 points from Wine Enthusiast, confirming it as the most critically acclaimed Les Carmes Haut-Brion vintage of the modern era and one of the outstanding wines of the extraordinary 2022 Bordeaux campaign. The combination of the 2022 vintage’s exceptional red wine conditions with Les Carmes’ biodynamic farming philosophy and Guillaume Pouthier’s winemaking has produced what Wine Advocate described as a perfect wine, a designation that confirms Les Carmes Haut-Brion’s arrival at the absolute pinnacle of Pessac-Léognan red wine quality. This follows the extraordinary 2021 (Vinous 98, JS 97, Decanter 96, WA 95) offered in Batch 21 of this catalogue, establishing two consecutive outstanding vintages from an estate whose quality trajectory over the past decade has been one of the most remarkable stories in modern Bordeaux fine wine.

The 2022 Bordeaux vintage was warm and produced wines of extraordinary concentration and aromatic richness across all the major appellations, and in Pessac-Léognan Les Carmes Haut-Brion’s specific combination of biodynamic farming, its distinctive Cabernet Franc-dominant blend and the precision that Pouthier brings to every stage of production produced a wine whose breadth, aromatic complexity and structural depth attracted the highest critical recognition from five approved publications simultaneously. The estate’s blend of 40% Cabernet Franc, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon and 25% Merlot provides a distinctive aromatic profile of unusual floral and tobacco-herb complexity that sets Les Carmes apart from the more Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant style of its Pessac-Léognan neighbours.

A Wine Advocate 100-point Les Carmes Haut-Brion from the 2022 vintage, confirmed across four additional approved publications at 94-98 points, is one of the most historically significant fine Bordeaux acquisitions available at this price level. Les Carmes’ growing prestige and the exceptional critical consensus around the 2022 vintage confirm this as a wine of extraordinary importance for the Pessac-Léognan collector.

Deep ruby with a breathtaking nose of tobacco, dark plum, cedar, iron mineral, dried herbs, chocolate, liquorice and the distinctive floral-graphite character of biodynamically farmed Pessac-Léognan Cabernet Franc at its absolute finest. Full-bodied with extraordinary depth, seamlessly integrated tannins and a finish of remarkable length and mineral complexity. Best from 2030 through 2065.