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| Community Tasting Notes (average 96 pts. and median of 96 pts. in 454 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Jeremy Holmes on 4/17/2024: Both bottles were marked by too much brett. Fruit flavours were sweet and slightly roasty. It had some boot polish volatility and gravelly tannins. (882 views) | | | Tasted by sdr on 4/14/2024 & rated 95 points: A great example. Tonight besting the famous ‘89 because it’s much more developed. Beautiful fruit, tannins and acidity - much more fruit than smoke or hickory. It won’t get better even from perfectly stored bottles. (735 views) | | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 2/4/2024 & rated 99 points: Just a hair's breadth away from the legendary 1989, this is one of those mesmerizing wines. The wine is concentrated, long, deep, complex, and expansive, with incredible, length, purity, volume, refinement, and a seamless finish that is close to the 60-second mark. Just entering its prime, it is only going to get better from here for at least 2-3 more decades. Drink from 2024-2045. (2845 views) | | | Tasted by hprphf on 1/12/2024 & rated 94 points: Not decanted, blind. Ripe vintage but not as complex, not as smoky as expected when revealed perhaps due to the lack of decanting. Immense structure, first growth quality, very smooth tannins with graphite notes. LMHB 1990/5 or a weaker Margaux? 94+ (2546 views) | | | Tasted by tanduybui on 12/26/2023 & rated 98 points: There is not much more that needs to be said other than sublime. I have given it this score as I don't know what else I can expect from a wine. Possibly a greater finish would have made it the perfect score.
Still a beautiful glowing red with a tinge of brown on the outer edge. Barnyard, cedar, red fruits and menthol dominate the bouquet. The body is supremely elegant, suave and struts with great style and freshness. A great blend of grace and power - impeccable. Lovely linear finish.
Drink now to 10+ years. I would be tempted only decant this wine for only 30 minutes before consumption and enjoy the ride. (2506 views) | | | Tasted by the player on 11/18/2023 & rated 98 points: Delicious WOTN in a line up against Margaux and Mouton. Blackish ruby color, dense wine, decanted and aerated for an hour then drank over two hours. Medium to full bodied, lots of asphalt, black fruits from berries, currants to cherries and plums, spicy peppery cassis, some leather and masculine notes. Powerful on the palate, secondary notes of dark red and black fruits, superb balance, structure and acidity, finishes peppery long with dark chocolate notes. Fabulous. (2739 views) | | | Tasted by cch1966 on 11/4/2023 & rated 98 points: Deep ruby with signs of age. Dark berries, leather and pepper. Medium acidity and soft tannins. Long silky finish. (2877 views) | | | Tasted by DAN BAILEY on 10/23/2023: Deep amber, almost red colour. 2nd to the 78 double mag on the night. (962 views) | | | Tasted by Purple Tooth on 10/23/2023 & rated 99 points: ***If I was allowed to take 1 bottle with me for my last supper, I would probably take the 1990 (not the 89) Haut Brion. Very overlooked...This is ethereal and everything you could imagine and hope for from a First Class, First Growth wine. Its fully mature with a perfume of barnyard and loam and still packs a long, beautifully sweet finish. Drink or Hold...I think this is just fine. (2743 views) | | | Tasted by Raage on 10/19/2023 & rated 92 points: (Cdv)
Un nez assez extraordinaire … dans l’énergie , dans la complexité, comme un souffle intarissable … la première impression est wouahouh, le nez nous plonge dans l’âme des grands Bordeaux, et même dans l’âme des grands Pessac, un rien austère, classique, qui poivronne, sous-bois, avec cette dose de fumée caractéristique, mais avec un fruité indéniable (léger cassis, fruits noirs), du menthol.
Par contre, je fus moins convaincu par la bouche, certes joliment structurée, équilibrée (maturité / fraîcheur / finesse) mais abasourdie par un boisé qui ne s’est jamais intégré, laissant avec l’oxygénation progressive un goût désagréable de fût asséchant … (sur cette bouteille ! Pas ressenti précédemment)
Quoiqu’il en soit, le vin nous a semblé fort jeune ce soir, signe d’une belle longévité a venir… (2254 views) | | | Tasted by paul195 on 9/8/2023 & rated 96 points: 1 of 6 decanted at 4:30 served at 7:30. Youthful deep ruby color, nose filled with cassis and darker fruits, smoke and leather, less minerality than I expected. Palate showed dense layered fruit, spice and smoke. Fine tannins, good acidity give this an impressive texture, balanced with a long persistent finish. Still very young, consider longer decant next bottle (2543 views) | | | Tasted by sdr on 8/26/2023 & rated 93 points: This is a delightful and charming Haut-Brion. Gentle, fruity, silky and elegant. But since all the tannins have left the building it really lacks grip. Fortunately healthy acidity holds it together but it seems a lot more dilute than the towering ‘89 version. I wouldn’t try holding it for much longer. (2456 views) | | | Tasted by Dave Canada on 8/13/2023 & rated 100 points: Perfection....what a bottle (2415 views) | | | Tasted by ubercuvee on 8/11/2023: Needed 60 minutes of air to really show its stuff (2277 views) | | | Tasted by Wine Canuck on 7/1/2023 & rated 100 points: An Epic Summer Wine Weekend - Year 2; 6/30/2023-7/2/2023 (Muskoka, Ontario, Canada): Quite thrilling to come across this again. The wine pours medium ruby in the glass with no bricking. Just like the last time I had this a decade ago, the nose here is insane, totally wide open and massively complex. Aromas flow seamlessly in a melange of tobacco, wet clay, dark cherry, pomegranite, smoky woodsy spice, rich spicy leather, charcoal, concrete dust, light roast coffee, peony, and crushed rock. The palate is liquid silk with a lovely dark cherry core, turning to medium minus tannin that is masked by the gorgeous fruit and medium acid. The finish is monumental lingering for minutes on end replaying much of the nose. Bordeaux is comforting and often predicable, but its not so often you come across something like this that truly moves you. What an absolutely stunning bottle of wine and just like last time, in my view pure bottled perfection. (3026 views) | | | Tasted by essenceofreal on 6/25/2023 & rated 98 points: I've had many of these and must say, this bottle was amongst the best. Oh how I love thee 90 HB!! )) When its on you're in for a meditative experience. A hair behind the 89 but majestic nonetheless.
Drank w Alena and Alex at Bear, Stanley Ranch Napa.
Took several hours in the decanter to open. Really hit its stride after 4 hrs and last glass the best after 6-7 hours. But at first pour you could tell this was special. Perfect cork, seepage only about half way, excellent bottle fill.
So elegant, refined and polished. Certainly at or near peak yet will remain here for eons. Total classic old school delicousness.
Cuban cigar, cedar, tobacco, leather, cassis, cream cassis, overlaying echo of sandalwood. Was an orchestra for sure, melted in my mouth. The nose was also off the charts and transmuted me into the hills of Bordeaux on bright shiny day surrounded by thyme, mountain savory, lavender and tarragon.
Kept calling you back for more. Drink as often as possible! (2003 views) | | | Tasted by LTTC on 6/19/2023: (SYP) Small glass. PNP
A fresh nose of spices, tobacco, tea leaves and earthy fruit.
Less concentrated and smooth than the '82 but still very enjoyable. 93 (2711 views) | | | Tasted by SimonG on 6/17/2023 & rated 95 points: A celebration with friends (Home): Mid garnet. As with the LMHB alongside, gloriously rich on nose an plate straight from the off, such that I wondered whether opening in advance had been a mistake, but it happily copes with three hours in the decanter, kept suitably cool, and shows just as well as we start to drink it. A super bottle of this. Rich and truffly with tobacco and that sun on warm terracotta feel. Precise blackcurrant fruit too. Rich on the palate with more of a Graves character coming through. There's density and precision here. grandeur too. Long and satisfying, a wine that keeps drawing you back for the next sip, and the next. ***** (2659 views) | | | Tasted by cephomer on 6/10/2023 & rated 98 points: Drank at Champetre Saturday nite w/the Whites & Marks. Had an '02 side by side as well. Decanted for an hour+ at home, then perhaps another hour at the restaurant. I didn't realize until I saw this note, but I've had this wine only a few months ago in a similar scenario and (gasp!) this might have been my final bottle of this fantastic wine! My notes this eve are pretty much a carbon copy of the last tasting, tho the wine was even better on this occasion. Extremely generous nose of cigar box, lead pencil, tobacco, earth and black fruit. This wine demonstrates the ultimate combination of power, structure and elegance. There remains a copious amount of fruit--both black (blackberries) and red (currant) 33 years post-bottling. There's also tobacco leaf, spice, tar, herbs, gravelly earth and leather notes. Powerful, highly structured with intense concentration, yet extremely soft and elegant to the touch. And, of course, a long, luxurious and delicious finish. I've had many aged bordeaux during my journey thru the world of wine, and this beauty checks all the usual boxes - and then some! Its exquisite combination of all the elements that comprise a stellar, world class bordeaux are all here, and are bountiful. This is just a fabulous wine that while, certainly no longer in its infancy, as is noticeable from the wine's color, remains utterly youthful, vibrant and charming. Pretty much as close to perfection as one can get, this might have been the best wine I've ever tasted! Sublime is the most appropriate word that comes to mind. (2622 views) | | | Tasted by Ericsson on 5/26/2023: Bordal à Crans-Montana (Scavino, Haut-Brion,...); 5/26/2023-5/28/2023: Aveugle, ouvert et bu.
Je n'avais encore jamais été déçu par ce vin, mais cette bouteille n'était sans doute pas la meilleure...
A l'ouverture, un très joli nez de Graves, fumée, âtre froid, tabac blond, malheureusement les arômes ont vite viré vers le poivron vert.
Au palais, on continuait à avoir cette verdeur peu en ligne avec ce millésime.
Déception générale. (2657 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 5/18/2023 & rated 90 points: Top Mid-Aged Bordeaux ("Chateau La Grange" - La Grange IL): In 89/90 flight. Lots here, but this is that rare 1990 that hasn't resolved itself. I appreciate the intensity, but there is still too much tannins for the level of fruit. (3608 views) | | | Tasted by acyso on 5/18/2023 & rated 95 points: Some Bordeaux (Chicago, IL): This was stunning from the beginning and didn't really let up either. My favourite of the three bottles of Haut-Brion tonight. Quite dark in complexion, showing the vintage's ripe fruit quite clearly, but without losing the Haut-Brion minerality. A slight touch of coffee on the midpalate as well. (3075 views) | | | Tasted by dream on 5/16/2023 & rated 97 points: This wine can be variable but we ran into a perfect bottle this evening with great verve and freshness. Red-tinged fruit with great intensity and fabulously expressive flavors of smoky gravel, sweet tobacco and an amazing array of complex spices. The best bottle of '90 HB I've ever had from my cellar from a case purchased on release. Wow! At Commanderie Candidate's dinner at the University Club, NYC. (2218 views) | | | Tasted by OmiyaDrinker on 5/15/2023 & rated 94 points: Nose of smoke, leather, cigar box, cassis, dark plum, exotic spice, clove - sensational nose. On the palate, gorgeous velvety mouthfeel and superb soft tannin. As you move through the mid-palate, notes of sweet fruit come through, red licorice, & all complemented by the integrated tannin. Savoury & umami flavours of soy sauce come through on the long finish. This is far from a flamboyant powerhouse. On the contrary, it's rather delicate meaning at times you have to search for the brilliance in it. It is a great wine and my overall conclusion and score seem a little at odds with the details of the note, but this didn't wow me in the way that the 90 Latour did. (2117 views) | | | Tasted by Francophile1 on 4/5/2023: Spring Break Mini-Mondo Tasting (Deerfield Beach, FL): Flight #2 - single blind next to the 1990 La Mission Haut Brion. I got the two flipped because label bias caused me to assume that the '90 HB would be the better of the two wines. I was wrong. In comparison, the Haut Brion was more evolved with dominant tertiary flavors of tobacco, cedar, tar, and smoke. It was a slightly 'tired' wine. Since I had the '90 HB back in November of last year, my summation is that this bottle tonight was not stored perfectly for its lifetime which is why it was on a rapid evolutionary tract. While this bottle was not the near perfect expression of this wine like the ones I've had before, it was still excellent. (2761 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Decanter, Bordeaux first growths 1990 vintage (2/9/2021)
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Vinous, Vinous Table: Providence, Los Angeles, CA (Feb 2020) (2/1/2020)
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View From the Cellar, Jul/Aug 2012, Issue #40, The Annual Champagne and Sparkling Wine Report
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JancisRobinson.com (6/27/2012)
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Vintage Tastings, Hong Kong Killers (2/5/2010)
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Vintage Tastings, Hong Kong Killers November (2/5/2010)
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Vintage Tastings, Hong Kong Diaries 2009, BYO (5/29/2009)
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Vintage Tastings, La Paulee 2009, Part III (3/7/2009)
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Vintage Tastings, Hong Kong Diaries (8/29/2007)
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View From the Cellar, May/Jun 2007, Issue #9, Château Haut Brion :Some Are More Equal Than Others
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Vintage Tastings, A Mega 1990 Bordeaux Tasting with Clive (3/21/2005)
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Vintage Tastings, The European Grand Jury, Vegas Style (1/16/2005)
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Vinous, The 1990 Clarets...To Have and To Hold (Nov 1993) (11/1/1993)
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Rockss and Fruit (3/20/2007)
(Chateau Haut Brion) This was a great wine and many people had it up there with their wines of the night but I can appreciate the quality of this wine but the style was not that much to my liking. Did not seem as clean as the '96 or '00. Ripe, fat and opulent. Easily the most opulent wine of the night. Nose was high-toned and round with a distinct Beaucastel-like touch of brett. There was also green peppercorn, mineral and lots of fruit. This wine showed the most fruit on the nose so far. Palate was complex with good acidity and very ripe. Stayed with you but lacking the cut I look for out of classic Haut Brion. |
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| Château Haut-Brion Producer website - Read more about Chateau Haut BrionRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanGraves Vins de Graves (Conseil des Vins de Graves) - Read more about Pessac Leogan Graves and its winesPessac-Léognan Pessac-Leognan reds:
Grape Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
Soil: Predominantly gravel and sandy rock, with varying proportions of clay and sandstone
Surface Area: 1,491 ha
Pessac-Leognan whites:
Grape Varieties: Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon
Soil: Gravel and rocks covered with sand, sandstone, and clay
Surface Area: 275 ha |
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