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

    Château Haut Brion, 1er Cru Classé, Pessac Léognan, 2023

    98-100/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    98-100/100
    The Wine Independent
    96-98/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
    En primeur
    1. 2023

      3x75cl

      EP

      £950.00

    2. 2023

      6x75cl

      EP

      £1,890.00

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    The grand vin mirrors the profile of the Clarence with its intensely mineral, stony character. It is perhaps a little more relaxed than some barrel samples from this address, but it is still one of the more unyielding, most serious examples of the vintage. A reserved perfume of crushed rocks, salts, flowers, pure cassis and griotte emanates from the glass. This is all about latent power and structure at the moment, with a deep core of fruit and more than a little monasticism. One can sense the quality of the tannins as this fans out across the palate. Clearly an impressive large-scale wine, which should put on some flesh during élevage and emerge as another great Haut Brion. 52.3% Merlot, 38.6% Cabernet Sauvignon and 9.1% Cabernet Franc.

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    Critic Reviews

    98-100/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
    The Wine Independent
    A blend of 52.3% Merlot, 38.6% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 9.1% Cabernet Franc, the 2023 Haut-Brion has a pH of 3.7 and a deep garnet-purple color. It is quite closed to begin, needing a lot of patient swirling to coax out notes of plum preserves, black cherry compote, and wild blueberries, leading to perfumed hints of peonies, crushed stones, rose bud tea, and licorice, with a touch of wood smoke. The medium to full- bodied palate delivers black and blue fruit layers that shimmy and swirl in the mouth with jaw-dropping energy, accented by mineral and exotic spice notes and supported with a firm backbone and plush, plush tannins, finishing with a breathtaking firework display. Very clever wine!
    drinking window 2030 - 2060
    date of review 05/2024
    98-100/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    This is an exceptional Haut-Brion, offering juice and elegant balance alongside classically structured layers, generous but restrained, sense of architecture and building blocks of a truly great Left Bank wine. Rippling with sinewy muscles, juicy and controlled, packed with cocoa bean, espresso, liouqorice root, but none of these flavours dominate, knitted together, with a vertical lift. 100% new oak, Jean-Philippe Delmas director, Jean-Philippe Masclef technical director, no outside consultant.
    drinking window 2035 - 2050
    date of review 05/2024
    96-98/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2023 Haut-Brion was picked at the same time as the La Mission Haut-Brion, albeit the secateurs sheathed one day later, on October 6. The nose is less immediate than the La Mission and the fruit is a little darker: blackcurrant, juniper, hints of black olive and a light cedar scent. The palate is medium-bodied with fine grip and tension. This has superb energy, presenting a crescendo of flavors toward a complex and persistent finish that lingers in the mouth. There is real pedigree to this First Growth, and it will certainly give 30 to 40 years of drinking pleasure.
    drinking window 2030 - 2065
    date of review 04/2024

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    Pessac Léognan
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Cab Sauvignon Merlot
    abv:
    12.5%

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