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Château Carbonnieux
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2022
Château Carbonnieux (Pessac-Léognan)
Cocoa, smoke, blackberries, black cherries, tobacco leaf, and herbs create the nose. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, vibrant, silky, and soft, with a sweetness to the fruits that meshes perfectly with its lift and energy that carries through to the blackberry, currant, and earthy chocolate packed finish. The wine blends 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2026-2045. 91-93 Pts. 2,472 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
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2022
Château Carbonnieux Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Flowers, green apples, tangerine, pineapple, and honey notes are packed into the perfume. Rich, oily white peaches, and yellow citrus with a drizzle of tart green apple combine to fill your palate with a touch of crushed rocks on the backend. The wine blends 65% Sauvignon Blanc and 35% Semillon. Drink from 2024-2030. 92-92 Pts. 2,398 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
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2021
Château Carbonnieux (Pessac-Léognan)
A dash of cocoa, smoke, flowers, tobacco and sweet red fruits create the perfume. On the medium-bodied palate, the wine is soft, vibrant, supple, and spicy with loads of salty, sweet, black cherries and peppery currants with another dash of cocoa to everything up nicely in the finish. The wine blends 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, and 7% Petit Verdot. Drink from 2024-2037. 180 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2024Smoke, tobacco leaf, lead pencil, herbs, currants and plums create the bouquet. Medium-bodied, elegant, fresh, bright, crisp and savory, the wine finishes with spicy currants and a touch of cigar wrapper in the endnote. The wine blends 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc and 7% Petit Verdot, 13.5% ABV. Drink from 2024-2037. 90-92 1,238 Views Tasted May 20, 2022 |
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2021
Château Carbonnieux Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Honeysuckle, grapefruits, lemon, green apples, spice and white peaches come through with ease in the perfume. On the palate, the wine is zesty, citrusy, brisk and racy with ranges, pineapples, sea salt, and crushed stones that linger in the finish. Drink from 2024-2034. 563 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2024Lemon, lime, flowers, green apples and a hint of white peach on the backend with loads of racy-acidity and crisp, sweet, yellow citrus in the creamy finish. Drink from 2023-2031 92-92 1,715 Views Tasted May 20, 2022 |
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2020
Château Carbonnieux (Pessac-Léognan)
The nose, with its smoke, flowers, cocoa, and wet earth scents is a treat. But it is on the palate, with all its layers of lush, elegant, ripe, silky, blackberries, plums, and cocoa where the wine shines. Soft, supple, long and complex, with a solid depth of flavor in the finish that is packed with ripe fruits, chocolate and coffee bean, this is in contention as the finest vintage of Carbonnieux I have ever tasted. Drink from 2025-2045. 2,267 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023Deeply colored, this is already showing off its vanilla bean, flowers, tobacco, cherry and currant character on the nose. Supple, soft and silky, with refined fruits that feel stellar on your palate, give this 4-5 years in the cellar and it is going to be even better. This should age for at least 2 decades. 91-93 Pts 2,347 Views Tasted May 20, 2021 |
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2020
Château Carbonnieux Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Orange rind, mint leaf, green tea, honeysuckle, spice and lemon peels are found in the nose and on the fresh, creamy, sweet, lush, palate. This is simply delicious. Drink from 2023-2034. 2,024 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023Bright, fresh lemon, orange peel, flowers and honeysuckle come through on the nose. Creamy, sweet and fresh, with a tinge of honey along with crisp lemons on the backend, this will be easy to like on release. 91 Pts 2,145 Views Tasted May 20, 2021 |
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2019
Château Carbonnieux (Pessac-Léognan)
A bit reticent on the nose at the moment, it took some effort to bring out the herbs, mint, tobacco leaf, cherries, and a touch of espresso on the nose. Medium-bodied, refined, soft, and silky, there is freshness and lift to the lush, fresh, spicy, pure red berries on the palate and in the finish. You can drink this young, but if you wait a few years, it is going to be even better. Drink from 2024-2037. 2,824 Views Tasted May 8, 2022Already soft and silky, and showing good freshness to the sweet red fruits. The wine is medium-bodied with nice length and a good persistency of flavor. You can drink this young or age it for more aromatic complexity. 90-92 Pts 3,259 Views Tasted Jun 8, 2020 |
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2019
Château Carbonnieux Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Waxy lemon peel, orange tropical fruit, vanilla and honeysuckle come through on the nose and on the sweet, juicy, crisp, green apple-tinted palate. Drink from 2022-2027. 2,019 Views Tasted Mar 29, 2022Crisp yellow citrus combined with hints of sweet orange and mango on the nose and palate are a perfect match for all that racy acidity found here. 92 Pts 4,391 Views Tasted Jun 8, 2020 |
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2018
Château Carbonnieux (Pessac-Léognan)
Campfire embers, cedar, tobacco leaf, spice and red pit fruits create the core of this medium-bodied, elegant, fresh wine. Soft and polished with a solid depth of flavor and a hint of oak in the elegant finish. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot. 3,053 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021It is easy to dig into the smoky black cherries wafting in the perfume but there is more than aromatics going on here. This medium-bodied affair has a plush palate, supple textures and a long, round, polished, elegant finish. The wine was made from a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot. 91-93 Pts 4,581 Views Tasted Apr 19, 2019 |
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2018
Château Carbonnieux Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Lemon, lime and floral aromatics come through instantly. Sweet juicy, fresh and with a creamy, yellow, citrus character on the palate, this offers a lot of up front, fresh, fruity charm.. 2,255 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021The nose works well with its blend of green apples, Meyer lemon and a touch of floral and there is vibrancy in the fruit as well but this is not a long term drinker. So, enjoy it early in life for all that delicious fruit. 3,632 Views Tasted Apr 19, 2019 |
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2017
Château Carbonnieux (Pessac-Léognan)
Much better in bottle than in barrel, the wine is fresh, medium-bodied, soft, refined, forward and lifted. Easy to like, the elegant red fruits, with their cigar box overtones taste and feel fine. Give this at least 5 years to develop more depth and nuances. 3,878 Views Tasted May 17, 2020Medium bodied with smoke-glazed red fruits, soft and gentle textures and a captivating tobacco and cassis oriented finish. 3,726 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2018 |
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2017
Château Carbonnieux Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Medium bodied, fresh and refreshing, the yellow citrus fruits pop with acidity, the floral notes stand out and blast of honeysuckle and pomelo in the finish is just what the doctor ordered. 3,419 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2018 |
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2016
Château Carbonnieux (Pessac-Léognan)
This is another Pessac Leognan that rocks in 2016! With a good depth of color, the perfume with its smoky fruits, flowers, earth and tobacco leaf is great. And on the palate, the medium- bodied, refined wine is already easy to drink, leaving you with a core of silky, fresh, gravelly red cherries. 3,508 Views Tasted Sep 21, 2019This is another Pessac Leognan that took a giant leap forward during the barrel aging process. The nose combines smoky fruits, flowers, earth and tobacco leaf. Medium bodied and elegant, the wine is already easy to drink, finishing with its fresh, red cherry core of fruits. 2,595 Views Tasted Feb 10, 2019Medium bodied, elegant and fresh, with a sweet cherry and tobacco profile, the wine has a bright quality to the fruit that you taste and feel in the finish. 3,277 Views Tasted May 12, 2018Medium bodied, with forest and leafy notes, smoky, cassis and red berries in the light, finish. 3,594 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2017 |
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2016
Château Carbonnieux Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Floral in character with zesty lemons, green apples and pomelo is ripe, sweet, energetic and crisp. This is fresh and refreshing. 2,091 Views Tasted Sep 21, 2019Either I got this wrong in barrel, or the wine has really improved since then, or maybe both, but this was a beauty! The mix of fresh, green apples, lemon, grass and zesty, fresh grapefruit hit the spot. 3,188 Views Tasted Feb 11, 2019Light, fresh and still refreshing, the juicy mix of lemon, tart green apple, and lime rind is already easy to drink. 3,611 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2017 |
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2015
Château Carbonnieux (Pessac-Léognan)
Medium bodied, energetic, soft, earthy expression, that already shows an elegant, easy to drink charm. The finish delivers ripe, sweet, red berries and tobacco. This will be a pleasure to well early in life, yet it can be aged for more complexity. 3,548 Views Tasted May 21, 2018Medium bodied, fresh, lively expression with soft tannins and a smoky bright red berry and earthy character that will drink well early in life. 3,492 Views Tasted Mar 12, 2018Finesse, charm and soft, polished, fresh, ripe, smoky, dark, red fruits make this medium-bodied wine quite the treat. 90 - 92 Pts 2,900 Views Tasted Apr 23, 2016 |
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2015
Château Carbonnieux Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Vibrant freshness, with ample notes of just squeezed lemonss, green apples and flowers. The yellow citrus filled finish delivers a nice racy acidity. 2,934 Views Tasted May 21, 2018Lively, lemon, green apple, honeysuckle and white peach filled wine offers a vibrance from acidity with a crushed stone characteristic. 2,731 Views Tasted Mar 12, 2018Lively, bright, ripe citrus notes with a kick of lime, freshness for lift and a sweet, citrus peel and honeysuckle finish. 3,165 Views Tasted Apr 23, 2016 |
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2014
Château Carbonnieux (Pessac-Léognan)
Lighter style of Pessac Leognan, with all the tobacco, cigar box, some and red fruits you need on the nose, but on the palate, while it hits all the rights notes, it's just a bit thin. 3,257 Views Tasted Feb 6, 2017A leafy green aroma with smoked and dried red fruits, this wine is medium-bodied with a dry finish. 86-88 Pts 2,372 Views Tasted Apr 24, 2015 |
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2014
Château Carbonnieux Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Bracing acidity, unsweetened lemonade, grapefruit, and honeydew melon notes really get the perfume going. Fresh, and energetic on the palate, this is quite nice. 3,172 Views Tasted Feb 6, 2017Lemon, lime and green apple notes make an appearance in this fresh, energetic and bright wine, leaving you with a clean dose of crisp citrus fruits in the finish. 90-92 pts. 3,067 Views Tasted Apr 24, 2015 |
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2013
Château Carbonnieux (Pessac-Léognan)
Tart, dried, red fruits with tobacco in character are found in this light, crisp wine. 2,374 Views Tasted Feb 3, 2016Light in aromatics and in fruit, the wine will offer its fresh cherry personality early in life. 86-88 Pts 2,225 Views Tasted Apr 21, 2014 |
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2013
Château Carbonnieux Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Spring flowers, honeysuckle, citrus peel and a hint of tangerine create the nose. Medium bodied, fresh, zippy up front about its crisp, lemon and grapefruit charms. The wine was produced from a blend of 70% Sauvignon Blanc and 30% Semillon. 2,503 Views Tasted Feb 1, 2016Fresh lemon, lime and floral notes work well with the wine’s lively, citrus-filled character that carries through from start to finish. 90-91 Pts 2,829 Views Tasted Apr 21, 2014 |
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2012
Château Carbonnieux (Pessac-Léognan)
Soft textured, medium bodied, fresh, light and easy to drink, yet there is ripeness and character to the wine and the fruit. This is not going to make old bones and should be best in its first decade of life. 2,904 Views Tasted Mar 11, 2015Medium bodied with tart black cherries and tapenade in the finish. 87-89 Pts 3,775 Views Tasted Apr 25, 2013 |
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2012
Château Carbonnieux Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Fresh, lively lemon peel, grapefruit, vanilla bean and green apple on the nose is a treat, but it gets even better with the sweet, slightly honeyed, fresh citrus fruits with just a hint of vanilla in the zesty finish. The wine was produced from a blend of 70% Sauvignon Blanc and 30% Semillon. 2,760 Views Tasted Mar 11, 2015 |
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2011
Château Carbonnieux (Pessac-Léognan)
Light in color, style and depth, with bright, red berries and spice, from a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot, the wine is dry in the tart finish. 2,263 Views Tasted Feb 19, 2014This wine is medium bodied with fresh and bright cranberry, cassis and plums. 86-89 Pts 2,656 Views Tasted Apr 25, 2012 |
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2011
Château Carbonnieux Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
From a blend of 65% Sauvignon Blanc and 35% Semillon, this lighter, fresh, style of white Bordeaux wine offers a bright, citrus and apple profile in the finish. 2,455 Views Tasted Feb 10, 2014 |
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2010
Château Carbonnieux Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Fully ready to go, the blend of just squeezed yellow citrus, white peach, pears, honeysuckle and pomelo hits the spot. Fresh, crisp and creamy, with a touch of honeyed orange and yellow citrus in the endnote. This is not a wine I would hang onto for further aging. 2,692 Views Tasted Aug 24, 2020 |
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2010
Château Carbonnieux (Pessac-Léognan)
On the light, elegant side of the style range with ripe, fresh cherries and black raspberries, earth and tobacco characteristics. The wine finishes with fresh, spicy, bright, red berries. 5,632 Views Tasted Feb 15, 2013 |
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2009
Château Carbonnieux (Pessac-Léognan)
Medium-bodied, with smoke, burning leaf and cherry pipe tobacco aromas on the nose, the wine is elegant, soft and polished, with an olive and herb edge to the red fruits in the finish. 2,903 Views Tasted Sep 20, 2019Smoke, earth and black cherry scents lead to a soft, medium bodied, crowd pleasing, lighter style of Pessac Leognan that will drink well early. 5,845 Views Tasted Jan 30, 2012 |
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2009
Château Carbonnieux Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
Just squeezed lemons, lime and green apple hit you right off the bat. On the palate, the wine is juicy, sweet, vibrant and fresh. Fully mature, there is no reason to wait, as this is tasting just great today! 2,287 Views Tasted Sep 20, 2019Light, fresh and refreshing, with a sweet, slightly honeyed citrus and grapefruit character. 3,123 Views Tasted Oct 29, 2014 |
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2008
Château Carbonnieux (Pessac-Léognan)
Medium bodied, fresh, bright and almost crisp, there is a strong leafy component that is interspersed with the bright red, dried fruits and smoky, tobacco notes here. 2,357 Views Tasted Sep 17, 2018Carbonnieux is a medium bodied, light wine with a delicate smoky, cherry filled personality. This wine will drink young. 3,669 Views Tasted Jan 28, 2011 |
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2008
Château Carbonnieux Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
More lemon peel than lemon on the nose, you also find tangerine, flowers and a hint of honey. Still vibrant, the fruit has flavor and freshness from start to finish. 1,964 Views Tasted Sep 17, 2018 |
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2007
Château Carbonnieux Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
No need to wait here as this is a full-maturity. The yellow citrus and green apples, with their honeysuckle accents, remain sweet and fresh, though you should consider drinking any bottles over the next few years before the fruit fades. 3,114 Views Tasted Aug 21, 2021 |
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2006
Château Carbonnieux (Pessac-Léognan)
Medium-bodied, firm, and beginning to fade, the wine is all about its earthy, smoky, bright, red fruits with their savory, herbal accents in the nose, and on the classical-styled palate. There is no reason to age this any longer. Drink from 2024-2026. 1,303 Views Tasted Jan 22, 2024 |
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2005
Château Carbonnieux (Pessac-Léognan)
Earth, smoke, cassis, red plums and tobacco smells require little effort to find, Medium bodied, elegant and soft, this lighter style of Pessac Leognan should add more complexity over the next several years. I'd start drinking it in a few years. 7,308 Views Tasted Jul 18, 2011 |
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2004
Château Carbonnieux (Pessac-Léognan)
Medium bodied, finesse styled, mature, soft textured, strawberry and cherry driven wine. 3,168 Views Tasted Jan 4, 2015 |
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2001
Château Carbonnieux (Pessac-Léognan)
Fully mature, this medium bodied wine exchanges concentration for grace, elegance and refinement. The fruit is ripe, the tannins are silky and the freshness provides all the lift you need, so you can enjoy the earthy, smoky, red berry complexities. This is good for at least another decade of evolution. 3,364 Views Tasted Dec 11, 2017 |
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2000
Château Carbonnieux (Pessac-Léognan)
Creme de cassis, black cherries, plums, tobacco and forest floor scents make up the perfume. Medium bodied, with a feminine, almost light style, this is ready to drink. The wine ends with smoke, spice and cherries. 4,425 Views Tasted Jul 18, 2011 |
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1952
Château Carbonnieux Blanc (Pessac-Léognan)
The oldest dry, white wine I have ever, and probably will ever taste was quite nice, considering it was 70 years old! Reminding of an old, dry Sauternes, the yellow fruit was slightly honeyed with hints of tropical fruits and nuts. Tasted blind, most of the group thought this was from the mid to late 1980s, or early 1990s. 1,425 Views Tasted Jul 3, 2022 |
