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1989 Château Haut-Brion

Red Bordeaux Blend

  • France
  • Bordeaux
  • Graves
  • Pessac-Léognan
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Community Tasting Notes 416

  • Silver Thunder wrote: 97 points

    April 29, 2024 - No decant. Popped and tasted every 15min. It was ready in 20mins. We also tasted La Mission Haut Brion and Chateau Client all 1989. Also 1995 Chateau Palmer and 2005 Chateau Rauzan-Gassies. The Haut Brion and C. Palmer took the night easily. The Haut Brion was gloriously subtle but still had a complex boutique of flavors! Notes of black tea, cherry, prune, jasmine, and some capsicum. There was a hint of flint, soy sauce, leather, and truffle. One of the longest finishes for a wine I've tasted in a while. Great classic and will pop another in a couple of months. A prodigy vintage!

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  • ricknat1 wrote: flawed

    April 29, 2024 - Corked

  • sdr Likes this wine: 94 points

    April 14, 2024 - The maturity level of various bottles of ‘89 Haut-Brion varies a lot. This bottle, purchased near release, was one of the younger versions. Deeply saturated ruby, no orange. A little shy on the nose. Powerful core of intense cassis fruit. Long. Not very complex yet but that will surely come.

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  • Philip67 Likes this wine: 95 points

    March 30, 2024 - Deep and so long. Cedar, spice, underfloor. Bramble fruit. Fruit beginning to recede, balanced now between primary and tertiary. Fully integrated structure. After 2 hours this showed TCA and would had a much lower score at that point. I guess this was only a touch of TCA as normally any TCA ruins a bottle. Never had TCA affect a bottle in this way.

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  • RayOB wrote: 94 points

    March 27, 2024 - Drank in London
    Again disappointed for what this should be. Faded and a little TCA, maybe the bottle.

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  • By Charles Curtis MW
    Château Haut Brion vertical: 1982-2010, 7/18/2023 (link)

    (Château Haut-Brion, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.

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  • By Jeb Dunnuck
    Up From The Cellar No. 21 & Misc. New Releases, 5/22/2023 (link)

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Vinous

  • By Neal Martin
    A Century of Bordeaux: The Nines (Sep 2019), 9/1/2019 (link)

    (Haut-brion Haut-brion Red) Subscribe to see review text.

JancisRobinson.com

  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    1/26/2019 (link)

    (Ch Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan Red) Subscribe to see review text.

Vinous

  • By Josh Raynolds
    2018 Dining & Drinking Memories (Jan 2019), 1/1/2019 (link)

    (Haut-brion Haut-brion Red) Subscribe to see review text.

  • By Neal Martin
    Bordeaux In Excelsis (Jun 2018), 6/18/2018 (link)

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JamesSuckling.com

  • By James Suckling
    6/12/2016 (link)

    (Château Haut-Brion Pessac-Leognan Bordeaux, France) Subscribe to see review text.

Vinous

  • By Antonio Galloni
    Le Miracle de Haut-Brion (Dec 2014), 12/1/2014 (link)

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JancisRobinson.com

  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    11/25/2014 (link)

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View From the Cellar

  • By John Gilman
    Jul/Aug 2012, Issue #40, The Annual Champagne and Sparkling Wine Report

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The World of Fine Wine

  • June 2011, Issue #32 (link)

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Vintage Tastings

  • By John Kapon
    From the East, 9/16/2010

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JancisRobinson.com

  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    7/6/2010 (link)

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Vintage Tastings

  • By John Kapon
    Hong Kong Killers, 2/5/2010

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  • By John Kapon
    '24' in Bordeaux, 1/31/2010

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  • By John Kapon
    Hong Kong Diaries, 10/4/2009

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View From the Cellar

  • By John Gilman
    May/Jun 2007, Issue #9, Château Haut Brion :Some Are More Equal Than Others

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Vintage Tastings

  • By John Kapon
    A Double Dose of Angry Man Action, 3/7/2005

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  • By John Kapon
    Hanging with Mr. Parker and Mr. Squires in Baltimore and D.C, 2/21/2005

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JancisRobinson.com

  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    3/23/2003 (link)

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  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    10/21/2002 (link)

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Vinous

  • By Stephen Tanzer
    July/August 2002, IWC Issue #103 (link)

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JancisRobinson.com

  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    6/28/2002 (link)

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Vinous

  • By Antonio Galloni
    Vinous Table: Marea, New York, NY (Jul 2022) (link)

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RJonWine.com

  • By Richard Jennings
    11/25/2011 (link) 96 points

    (Château Haut-Brion) From 375 ml - bricking dark red violet color; maturing, tart cassis, dried currant, mushroom nose; delicious, balanced and beautiful, dried currant, pencil lead palate; long finish

  • By Richard Jennings
    6/19/2009 (link)

    (Château Haut-Brion) I was so looking forward to this bottle, as I've long loved this vintage of HB. Unfortunately this particular bottle had both brett and TCA. Dark red violet color; brett, TCA and roast beef nose; tasty, tart black fruit, graphite and brett on palate, so not showing at all what this wine is capable of when not TCA afflicted; medium-plus finish

  • By Richard Jennings
    4/18/2008 (link) 96 points

    (Château Haut-Brion) Medium red violet color with pale to clear meniscus; mature, redolent, berry and cassis nose; lovely, thoughtful, profound, tart cassis, beef jus, tart plum palate with herbal notes and great structure; long finish

Rockss and Fruit

  • By Lyle Fass
    3/20/2007 (link)

    (Chateau Haut Brion) This was just amazing wine and one of the best Bordeaux I have ever had. My first time with this legendary wine. I was expecting to be hit over the head but instead I got a back massage. Delmas' masterpiece as Dave so aptly put it. Defines the whole cerebral element of Haut-Brion with one sniff. Just a cacophany of Haut-Brion goodness seamlessly presented. Tobacco, spice, gravel, mineral, cassis, cherries, cedar, tweed but in such a refined package. Palate had an amazing texture and wonderful acidity which made it come alive on your palate. So elegant and ripe but the harmony here is what separates it from the pack. The finish is brillant and lip-smacking and soooooo long. A masterpiece no matter how you look at it.

RJonWine.com

  • By Richard Jennings
    12/27/2003 (link) 97 points

    (Château Haut-Brion) Big espresso nose; tight, espresso, mocha palate; long finish (decanted almost 2 hours)

  • By Richard Jennings
    7/18/2003 (link) 98 points

    (Château Haut-Brion) Nose of blackberry, mushrooms and Asian spice; rich, plush, sexy fruit and espresso; 35 second finish

  • By Richard Jennings
    6/25/2003 (link) 96 points

    (Château Haut-Brion) Reticent nose; good balanced fruit, cherry, herbs, pepper and leather palate; long finish

Wine Definition

  • Vintage 1989
  • Type Red
  • Producer Château Haut-Brion
  • Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
  • Designation n/a
  • Vineyard n/a
  • Country France
  • Region Bordeaux
  • SubRegion Graves
  • Appellation Pessac-Léognan
  • UPC Codes 031259016368, 3419466118452, 3700188022197, 802236002519

Community Holdings

  • Pending Delivery 215 (1%)
  • In Cellars 10,741 (72%)
  • Consumed 3,946 (26%)

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