Château Haut-Brion

Château Haut Brion Blanc, Pessac Léognan, 2016

Name: Château Haut Brion Blanc, Pessac Léognan
Brand: Château Haut-Brion
Price: 2576.76 GBP

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2016
3x75cl
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£2,576.76

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

In 2016 Haut Brion Blanc appears to offer much more exotic, spiced fruit and rich, mouth filling presence than the Mission Blanc, perhaps the result of their older vines. Where Mission offers line and length, HBB is all breadth and texture, long, graceful and regal. It’s a grand wine by any measure. The concentration here is spectacular while the staggering richness and layers of flavour are offset by discreet acidity, a sensational texture and a fine finishing mineralité. The blend is 71% Sauvignon Blanc, 29% Semillon, with 35% of the blend aged in new oak.

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

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Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

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Critic Reviews

Neal Martin,

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The 2016 Haut-Brion Blanc is rather closed on the nose and lacks the personality of other dry white Bordeaux in the flight. The palate is balanced but quite simple compared to previous showings. Quite spicy in the mouth, with an oily texture, but I would have liked more body and depth toward the finish, and certainly more tension. I will reserve judgment on this as I think the bottle was just not performing. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.

date of review 08/2020

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Sauvignon Blanc Semillon

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13.5%

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.