Le Clarte de Haut Brion, Pessac Léognan
    Château Haut-Brion

    Le Clarte de Haut Brion, Pessac Léognan, 2023

    93/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    91-93/100
    The Wine Independent
    88-90/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
    En primeur
    1. 2023

      6x75cl

      EP

      £390.00

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    Yields were good for the whites at the Haut Brion and Mission stables, averaging 50-55 hl / ha, however selection was strict for the top wines and production was restricted to the habitual 400 cases of each. Clarte was the beneficiary, a bigger production than normally and a particularly fine example is the result. Crystal clear, clean lemon zest and grapefruit flavours mixed with crushed salt touches adding tang. Focused, zesty and even keeled. A lively and particularly precise Clarté. A blend of 56.3% Sauvignon Blanc 43.7% Semillon.

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    Critic Reviews

    91-93/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
    The Wine Independent
    A blend of 56.3% Sauvignon Blanc and 43.7% Semillon, La Clarte de Haut Brion 2023 has a pH of 3.2. It zips out of the glass with electric scents of fresh limes, yuzu, and green mango, leading to hints of chalk dust and white pepper. Medium-bodied, the palate delivers a crisp line to cut through the intense citrus layers, finishing long and chalky.
    drinking window 2025 - 2030
    date of review 05/2024
    93/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    Effortless, well balanced, white peach, juicy pear, delicious, sculpted and extremely easy to love. 3.2ph, 40% new oak. A test with shade cloths to provide cover for the berries on a small part of the white vineyard is underway, as the team under Jean-Philippe Delmas reacts to the changing conditions.
    drinking window 2025 - 2035
    date of review 05/2024
    88-90/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2023 La Clarté de Haut-Brion has quite an intense and lively bouquet: Granny Smith apples, pear and light, slate-like aromas. The palate is fresh on the entry with fine depth, perhaps needing a little more tension on the mid-palate, but this feels long and tender. It will drink after just one or two years.
    drinking window 2026 - 2032
    date of review 04/2024

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    Pessac Léognan
    abv:
    13.5%

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