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ANSON: "Love the juicy slate grip on the opening here, great quality and hard to argue with. Delivers personality depth and grip, harvest September 2 to 19, 3.1ph, 40hl/h yield, 25% new oak."
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JAMES SUCKLING: "Nicely done for the vintage, with berry, stone and currant character. Medium-bodied. Crunchy fruit and fine tannins."
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THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "Black cherries, flowers, and cigar wrappers create the perfume. The palate is medium-bodied; the fruits are bright and fresh, with an orange citrus note and a hint of cocoa that accompanies the cherries and red currants on the mid-palate and in the finish. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot. 13% ABV. Drink from 2027-2040."
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THE WINE ADVOCATE: "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."
