Description

Winemaker Notes

Chateau La Tour Carnet 2020 is a very deep, with a brilliant ruby red color. The first nose is very fruity with notes of ripe fruit, in particular blackcurrant and blackberry. This perception becomes more complex when stirred with vanilla notes that underline the fruity perception. On the palate, we quickly notice the silky and the finesse of the tannins which give a very elegant density and good balance. The evolution is powerful but controlled until the long and smooth finish.

Professional Ratings

94James Suckling

Tight and linear with blackcurrant and lemon rind character. Medium-bodied and racy with very fine tannins and a bright finish. Shows energy and focus.

94Wine Enthusiast
This magnificent medieval castle controls a vineyard that is just inland from Saint-Julien. With its ripe perfumes and rich tannins, the wine has a powerful potential set against the tightly juicy black currant fruits.
Barrel Sample: 92-94
91Decanter
They have done a good job of carefully working the extraction so that the tannins are abundant but not bitter, and the fruit is savory, with layers of redcurrant and raspberry alongside some hawthorn character. Expertly handled, lovely appealing aromatics, but things finish a little abruptly.
Barrel Sample: 91
91Robert Parker s Wine Advocate

Aromas of raspberries, crème de cassis, cigar wrapper and loamy soil introduce the 2020 La Tour Carnet, a medium to full-bodied, velvety and polished wine that s more harmonious and better balanced than Magrez s Grands Chênes. This large estate has eaten up many of the Haut-Médoc s non-classified growths over the past decade to arrive at a surface area of over 130 hectares today. Best after 2023.

91Jeb Dunnuck

Almost always a winner, the 2020 Chateau La Tour Carnet offers a terrific, medium-bodied, concentrated style as well as classic notes of ripe currants, darker cherries, spicy wood, and graphite. It has the vintage s more focused, classic, structured style, with ripe tannins and outstanding length. It s well worth seeking out and is going to evolve for at least a decade. Best After 2023.