Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion 2011 – Pessac-Léognan

The nose is fruity and offers freshness as well as a certain creaminess. It reveals notes of wild strawberries, small juicy wild red fruits and more slightly fresh blackberry associated with zan, sweet spices as well as a fine hint of clove and discreet hint of vanilla (in the background). Presence of an imperceptible truffle tip in the background after getting aired in the glass. The palate is fruity and offers a nice freshness, minerality, salinity / an iodine side (in the background), a tangy frame, energy, a certain radiance as well as a fine tension. On the palate this wine expresses notes of juicy / luscious raspberry, small red fruits and more slightly fresh flowers associated with juicy / fresh cassis, hints of zan, bergamot, racy minerality as well as fine hints of mocha, cardamom and a hint of toast (in the background). Tannins are precise and relatively suave. Good length. Presence of a very discreet chew on the finish. Presence of an imperceptible hint of undergrowth / truffle in the background.