The Top Wine of 2020

The Top Wine of 2020

Bordeaux is on the cusp of the release of 2022 vintage.  The 2020 has been bottled.  Tradition dictates the wine critics to review and re-rate the vintage in the bottle.  The ratings came back, a bright star is shining over Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion.

Decanter magazine picked the 2020 Château Les Carmes Haut-Brion as the #1 Wine of the 2020 vintage (giving it a perfect score of 100 points), an honor Les Carmes Haut-Brion shares with the 2020 Château Mouton Rothschild, the venerable First Growth heavyweight of Pauillac.  Let that sink in, the wine produced from a parcel that was once carved out of Château Haut-Brion is now recognized as a top choice, on equal footing with another First Growth.  That is neither pre-ordained, nor by accident.

Long-term readers of our newsletter would not be surprised by this latest recognition.  We have been sharing our enthusiasm for Les Carmes Haut-Brion for years.  A true story from one of our customers tells it

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