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Manage Subscriptions2015 Château Haut-Bailly
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Graves
- Pessac-Léognan
Community Tasting Notes 63
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kelvinkyng wrote:
March 16, 2024 - I was gonna share this bottle with friends over dinner, but after 3 hours in a decanter, it was still very tight and numb that i had to put it back to the fridge instead of serving it. The next day i gave it another 2 hours of air and it came out like a bomb! A lot of inconvenience, yet surprises at the end. It reminded me of Durfort Vivens 18, a first class wine in perfect balance and finishing. Could age for years but i wouldnt wait to experience this classy wine.
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beatles wrote: 95 points
March 14, 2024 - Concentrated, cool, intense with a very sound core of fruit. Too young, certainly, but it has so much ripe fruit, that it is actualy enjoyable already, albeit tannic - but quite soft tannin.
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Collector1855 wrote: 95 points
December 12, 2023 - Salon Ficofi Paris walkabout tasting and dinner, no detailed tasting notes. Polished, dense fruit, well judged palate and freshness.
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sfwinelover1 Likes this wine: 94 points
November 18, 2023 - Popped by my sis, with encouragement from me, to go with our homemade pizza and calzone. On the nose and palate, medium notes of black currants, blackberries, a bit of black cherries and a closing note of cranberries, dry soil, rocky minerality, mixed spice, char, graphite and a bit of tobacco. Medium crimson, medium to full bodied, medium legs. Powerful and largely unintegrated acidity, medium++ tannins, no heat. VG+ complexity, intensity and persistence. My second HB after a ‘09 or ‘10 pre CT, this came out of the bottle pretty tight and backward, helped somewhat by an hour and a half in the decanter, opening slowly and somewhat grudgingly. The structure remains pretty daunting, not quite forbidding, and while there’s a lot to like and it became friendlier over the course of the hour+ we drank it, I’d still call it better with food than without, a lot more likely, at least for my palate, to be better 5++ years from now than it is at present (did I ever mention that I think most people on CT drink their wines too young and without enough air? Guilty as charged here, although at least not at my domicile.), not unlike the Grattamacco, and, to a lesser extent, the recent RS. While this was a clear winner for me over the Ridge Estate Cab that followed it, it was blown away by the earlier in the week ‘08 Ovid, which was drinking in the zone, and perhaps even when this hits its best stride, doesn’t have a profile that, for my palate, which would match up. Other notes notwithstanding, strongly counsel holding here unless you have numerous bottles, and even then, lots of aeration. 93-94+
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Jeff Leve wrote: 98 points
November 13, 2023 - A stunning example of what Haut Bailly does best! Full-bodied, intense, rich, balanced, fresh, and pure, there is a gorgeous, vibrancy in the long, fruit-filled finish that lingers long after the wine has left the glass. Drink from 2023-2048.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2015
- Type Red
- Producer Château Haut-Bailly
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Graves
- Appellation Pessac-Léognan
- UPC Codes 087000352568, 097000336926, 3277034256353, 3511061559170, 3550871210468, 3609050637159, 639737608076, 830293007499
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 522 (8%)
- In Cellars 4,969 (80%)
- Consumed 711 (11%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
Beef, canard, champignons, Game, gibier, Lamb, other fulsome dishes, Poultry, red meat, viande rougeWho Likes This Wine
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- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionGraves
- AppellationPessac-Léognan
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