Actualités - Les Carmes Haut Brion

The Week end des Grands Amateurs - 27/02/2008

The third annual Weekend des Grands Amateurs will be held on May 17 th and 18 Th.

Tastings, dinners and visits are scheduled throughout the weekend.

You will find the programme attached :

Programme

To sign up : grands.amateurs@ugcb.net and www.ugcb.net

Visit of the SAQ from Quebec the 14th of October 2007 - 31/01/2008

For the second time we had the very sympatic visit of the SAQ, with a group of grands connaisseurs !

It' s always a pleasure to receive them, people like Denis MARSAN and Julie DEZIEL and all the clients of the SAQ.

See you next year !

FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE 2007 VINTAGE - 16/01/2008

We started picking the Merlot on September 17th. The fruit was magnificent, very clean and fully ripe.The Cabernet Franc followed on September 27, also in excellent condition.We finished up with the Cabernet Sauvignon on October 2nd and 3rd.This is an exceptionally late harvest for us. The explanation lies in the inconsistent weather conditions through the summer which stretched the ripening over a longer period than normal. The season ended with over three weeks of perfect, hot, sunny weather in September.The fermentations went very well and the newborn wines are now safely in barrels, beginning the aging process.This was a “viticulturalist’s vintage” which emphasized the importance of our painstaking work in the vineyard to promote ripeness and to protect the fruit from damage.It’s said that good wines are made in the vineyard: this vintage proves it, and we’re very satisfied! In the end, this is a year that will reveal pleasant surprises.

Pénélope Furt Roche

Our two new wine labels - 16/01/2008

We're glad to present you our new labels : Château les Carmes Haut Brion

Articles and annotations on our vintages 1995, 1998 to 2006 - 15/01/2008

We suggest you a "best of" the articles and annotations published for our vintages 1995, 1998, 2000 to 2006.