chateau haut brion 1er cru classe pessac leognan

Château Haut-Brion

Château Haut Brion, 1er Cru Classé, Pessac Léognan, 2010

Name: Château Haut Brion, 1er Cru Classé, Pessac Léognan
Brand: Château Haut-Brion
Price: 3923.92 GBP

100/100

Inside Bordeaux

97/100

Vinous

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2010
12x75cl
DP
£7,847.84
2010
3x1.5L
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£3,923.92

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc with yields of 41 hl/ha, which is just two hl/ha less than the 2009, but production will be just 7800 cases, some 26% less. The estate reported one of the lowest pH every recorded, so it is no surprise that this possesses wonderful freshness and lift, which complements the extraordinary levels of concentration and extract. A regal bouquet of brooding dark fruits, perfumed black cherries, spices, tobacco, high toned minerals and violets. The palate is awash with suave, detailed fruit, layer upon layer of complexity; it builds and builds to a crescendo. Enormous yet perfectly balanced, dense yet precise and effortlessly elegant, everything is perfectly in place and taut - a wine with paradoxical opulence and strictness, there is not a hair out of place; an exquisitely refined, polished Haut Brion and a worthy rival to the magnificent 2009.

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Critic Reviews

100/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Intense and concentrated blackberry and cassis fruits, with olive tapenade and sweet red liquorice. This is muscular and opulent, seriously structured but with beautiful black truffle and squid ink notes that I find more usually in vintages like 2010 or 2016 - a suggestion of truly ripe Cabernet Sauvignon. The generosity of the vintage comes through in cinnamon and cumin spice, overlaid with incense and crushed rose petals. Exceptional. 100% new oak for ageing, Jean-Philippe Delmas director.

drinking window 2024 - 2050

date of review 10/2024

97/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2010 Haut-Brion is a bit of a monster at the moment. I don't mean that pejoratively. Black fruit, melted tar and Earl Grey soar on the nose, perhaps showing a little more mineralité than prior bottles. The palate is huge (more concentrated than the 2010 La Mission served alongside); it's almost burly and grippy with a muscular finish. This is going to need many years to be tamed. Tasted at the château.

drinking window 2030 - 2075

date of review 01/2023

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