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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 3 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | Tasted by JAMESMOBB on 1/3/2022: For some white truffles from a chef (2493 views) | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 3/9/2021 & rated 93 points: 2018 is the gateway to Haut Brion as it clearly resembles the Grand Vin with all its complexities of tobacco leaf, spicy, red fruits and silky textures. Medium/full-bodied, elegant and forward, just a few years is all that's needed to make the most of all the sweet, ripe, earthy fruits and its soft, refined finish. The wine blends 51.3% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13.1% Cabernet Franc and 2.6% Petit Verdot. (3730 views) | | Tasted by Jeff Leve on 4/19/2019 & rated 93 points: It is not often that a second wine truly resembles its big brother or sister but here it does. Delivering all the tobacco leaf, cigar box, red berries and smoke you're looking for in a Pessac Leognan, this is a seriously good wine. The wine was blended from 51.3% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13.1% Cabernet Franc and 2.6% Petit Verdot. 92-94 Pts (4929 views) |
| By Jancis Robinson, MW JancisRobinson.com (1/19/2022) (Ch Haut-Brion, Le Clarence de Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Neal Martin Vinous, The Future’s Definitely Not What It Was: Bordeaux 2018 (Mar 2021) (3/21/2021) (Haut-Brion Le Clarence de Haut-Brion Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck JebDunnuck.com, 2018 Bordeaux From The Bottle (3/11/2021) (Le Clarence De Haut-Brion) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Antonio Galloni Vinous, Bordeaux 2018: Not Back in Black (Mar 2021) (3/1/2021) (Haut-Brion Le Clarence de Haut-Brion Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling JamesSuckling.com (2/2/2021) (Le Clarence de Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan, Red, France) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack Winedoctor, February 2021 (2/1/2021) (Château Haut-Brion Le Clarence de Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jane Anson Decanter, Bordeaux 2018 in bottle (11/10/2020) (Château Haut-Brion, Le Clarence de Haut-Brion, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Neal Martin Vinous, The Future’s Not What It Was: Bordeaux 2018 (Nov 2019) (11/1/2019) (Haut-brion Le Clarence De Haut-brion Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck JebDunnuck.com, Bordeaux Rising: The 2018s En Primeur (5/1/2019) (Chateau Haut-Brion Le Clarence De Haut-Brion Red) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Antonio Galloni Vinous, Bordeaux 2018: Back in Black (Apr 2019) (4/1/2019) (Haut-brion Le Clarence De Haut-brion Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Chris Kissack Winedoctor, April 2019 (4/1/2019) (Château Haut-Brion Le Clarence de Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jane Anson Decanter, Bordeaux En Primeur 2018 Pessac-Léognan (3/30/2019) (Château Haut-Brion, Le Clarence de Haut-Brion, Pessac-Léognan, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Julia Harding, MW JancisRobinson.com (3/29/2019) (Ch Haut-Brion, Le Clarence de Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling JamesSuckling.com (3/26/2019) (Le Clarence de Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan, Red, France) Subscribe to see review text. | NOTE: Scores and reviews are the property of JancisRobinson.com and Vinous and JebDunnuck.com and JamesSuckling.com and Winedoctor and Decanter. (manage subscription channels) |
| Le Clarence de Haut-Brion Read about Le Clarence de 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
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"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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