Château Carbonnieux white - Pessac-Léognan 2017 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056

Le Point

15 / 20

byJacques Dupontthe6/20/2018

Pêche blanche, aubépine, poire, bouche parfumée, complexe, étirée, savoureuse.

Jeb DUNNUCK

89-91 / 100

byJeb Dunnuckthe6/12/2018

Notes of lemon curd, citrus rind and hints of crushed rock define the 2017 Château Carbonnieux, which is medium-bodied, pure, and elegant on the palate. It’s another great white from the Pessac-Léognan region in 2017.

Vinous

88-91 / 100

byAntonio Gallonithe5/15/2018

The 2017 Carbonnieux Blanc is an attractive, open-knit wine with lovely fleshiness and texture. Orchard fruit, mint, white flower and chamomile are all nicely woven together.

Vinous

92-94 / 100

byNeal Martinthe5/1/2018

The 2017 Carbonnieux Blanc has an impressive bouquet with scents of Granny Smith apples, crushed stone and nettle. There is certainly impressive intensity here – a bouquet that means business. The palate is well balanced with crisp acidity. This is one of the most sophisticated white Carbonnieux that I have encountered at this stage with wonderful mineralité and veins of ginger furnishing the finish that convey brio and confidence. This should evolve into an outstanding Pessac-Léognan.

Wine Advocate

89-91 / 100

byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe4/27/2018

The Carbonnieux 2017 Blanc is scented of grapefruit and squeezed lemons with a touch of lime leaves and chalk dust. The palate is medium-bodied, crisp and clean with great intensity and a long racy finish.

Decanter.com

95 / 100

byJane Ansonthe4/25/2018

Right off the bat this has richness and concentration, with peachy creaminess through the mid-palate but without sacrificing tension and lift. It's a fine example of what 2017 can deliver in the best whites, and should age very well

Wein Wisser

17 / 20

byRené Gabrielthe4/25/2018

Helles, fri-sches Gelb. Detikates, anregendes Bou­quet, Renekloden und Agrumen, dahinter Passionsfruchtblüten und Birnentbne. Mineralischer, schlanker Gaumen, fein-nervig und direkt, perfekt vinifizierter Wein, dem man dieses Jahr unbedingt folgen soute!         
17/20 2019 — 2025

Jean-Marc QUARIN

15,75 / 20

byJean-Marc Quarinthe4/17/2018

Wine Enthusiast

93-95 / 100

byRoger Vossthe4/17/2018

Spice and toast give this wine attractive complexity as well as ripeness. It shows abundant, concentrated yellow-fruit notes as well as a fine texture. It is still very young and will be better from 2021.

Jamessuckling.com

90-91 / 100

byJames Sucklingthe4/6/2018

This is very salty and flavorful with sliced green apples, limes and green pears. Medium-bodied, layered and flavorful. Plenty going on here as always. Minerally.

Wine Spectator

89-92 / 100

byJames Molesworththe4/4/2018

Friendly white peach and honeysuckle notes breeze through, with a kiss of brioche at the very end.—J.M.