Château Carbonnieux Péssac-Leognan Grand Cru Classé Rouge 2016

"95-96 points. Will perhaps match the legendary 1928" - Bettane & Desseauve 
"95 points. Will develop to produce a restrained and elegant wine." - Wine Enthusiast   

Anmeldelser af Château Carbonnieux Péssac-Léognan Grand Cru Classé 2016

95-96 Bettane & Desseauve
"Colorful, very cedar and serious but with a body and precision that will perhaps match the legendary 1928 of the property."

95/100 Wine Enthusiast
"Packed with young tannins, this wine shows the structure of the vintage as well as its fresh and perfumed fruit. The combination will develop to produce a restrained and elegant wine."

94-95/100 James Suckling
"Big and juicy red with lots of fruit and tannins yet it’s not overdone. Full-bodied, chewy and intense. Lots of potential here. Better than the 2015?"

93-94/100 Vert de Vin
"The nose is fruity, racy, well-balanced, relatively powerful and offers finesse as well as a racy/gravelly minerality. It reveals slight notes of cassis, morello cherry and slight hints of blackberry associated with discreet hints of wild strawberry, hints of cedar wood, oak as well as slight hints of dark chocolate and discreet hints of flowers (violet…). The palate is fruity, juicy, well-balanced and offers a beautiful/fine tension, a slight freshness, a beautiful fresh/mineral frame, a nice fat, roundness as well as a beautiful silky and unctuous matter. In the mouth this wine expresses notes of juicy blackberry, cassis and crunchy red fruits associated with hints of dark chocolate, smoke, racy minerality (gravels), toasted oak as well as a discreet hint of grilled. Tannins are fine and slightly creamy. Good length. There is a slight gourmandise on the finish. A beautiful wine in the classic Carbonnieux style. Good maturity of the fruit!" 

92-94/100 Robert Parker
"The 2016 Carbonnieux has a gorgeous, beautifully defined bouquet with pure black fruit, hints of sous-bois and pressed flowers, the new oak seamlessly integrated. What a nuanced and sensual bouquet! The palate is medium-bodied with plenty of ripe, black, graphite-tinged fruit, supremely well-judged acidity and a level of harmony that frankly, I have never encountered on a Carbonnieux. This is a brilliant wine from this Pessac-Léognan estate that has threatened to make a wine this good in the past."

93/100 Vinous
"The 2016 Carbonnieux has a refined bouquet of brambly black fruit, cedar and subtle bay leaf aromas that gently unfolds in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grained tannin and a crisp line of acidity. Saline and spicy toward the second half, with a feisty but focused finish that lingers in the mouth. Great potential here. A Pessac-Léognan that deserves a higher profile, especially given quality like this."

17,5 / 20 Vinum

Om Chateau Carbonnieux

Venstrebreddens først plantede vinmarker finder vi lige syd for Bordeaux by, i Graves regionen, hvor de fornemme vine fra Pessac-Léognan AOC nu bliver lavet. I den nordlige ende af Graves ligger Château Carbonnieux, som har en lang og rig historie med vinproduktion. Mest mindeværdigt fra de tidlige år var, at Thomas Jefferson var på besøg på slottet. Han havde hørt om kvaliteten af vinen, der blev produceret lige syd for havnebyen Bordeaux, og måtte se og smage vinene selv. Han var så taknemmelig, at han plantede et pekannøddetræ, som stadig står på slottet over 200 år senere.

I dag er slottet ejet af familien Perrin, som har været der siden 1956, hvor de efter en slem frost begyndte at genopbygge slottets vinmarker. Nu står Grand Cru Classé slottet for at lave kæmpestore mængder vin, men med høje standarder og øje for fornem kvalitet. Med en produktion på over 400.000 flasker må man sige, at det ikke just er en lille produktion. Mange af deres parceller bliver dyrket under økologiske forhold, og de arbejder konstant på at forbedre deres dyrkningsmetoder og blive endnu mere bæredygtige.

De har konstant formået at højne kvaliteten på deres vine over de sidste 60 år og har lært kunsten at levere højkvalitetsvin til virkelig konkurrencedygtige priser. Hvem siger at god, levedygtig Bordeaux kun kommer fra Haut-Médoc?

Slottet har hele 92 hektar, beplantet med ca. halvdelen blå druer og halvdelen grønne druer, som alle bliver håndhøstet og manuelt sorteret. De hvide vine fokuserer på friskhed, skindkontakt og et distinkt fadpræg fra op til 10 måneders egetræslagring. I slottets store røde Grand Vin er der blendet 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc samt 3% Petit Verdot og Malbec, som modner  mellem 15 og 18 måneder på 35% nye egetræsfade.  

Alt i alt er Château Carbonnieux et svært undervurderet slot, med en inkarneret beskedenhed om deres faktiske tårnhøje niveau.