2024 Carbonnieux
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Tasting Notes
Red and darker cherry and cherry stone notes, a little damson and bramble but really only after quite a bit of energetic swirling. A touch of cedar and graphite. This is one of the successes of the appellation and there is a sense here that the red as well as the white have been on a steep upward ascent, evident here. Soft tannins, quite a creamy mid-palate if nothing of the weight and density – nor complexity – of the 2020 or 2022. If I’m being picky, I’d like a little more shape in the mid-palate.
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Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate
Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
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With an honorable yield of 40 hectoliters per hectare, the 2024 Carbonnieux reveals a brooding, spicy bouquet of dark berries, red fruit, licorice and delicate hints of smoke and pencil shavings. Medium-bodied, lively and incisive, it's firm and lean, framed by firm tannins and concluding with a long, dry finish. Very linear during my en primeur session, it should gain further harmony and flesh through élevage. The blend is composed of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot.
An unusual, atypical white wine for Bordeaux, rich citrus, creamy even buttery through the palate with preserved lemons, spice and oak grilling on the finish. It might get a little much after a glass, but makes an impression, gourmet style. Owners Antoine et Lorie Lafosse. 3.4 pH, harvest 5 September. 30% French oak, 70% American, 100% new.
The 2024 Carbonnieux is floral and aromatic but also very light, with only modest structure and complexity.
About the producer
This estate is one of Bordeaux’s oldest, with vines planted here since at least the 13th century. Over three generations, the Perrin family has completely renovated the estate and raised quality here significantly.