1998 Château Haut-Brion
Community Tasting Note
dream Likes this wine:
94 Points
Saturday, April 20, 2024 - This bottle was double-decanted for 5 hours and then thrown into a decanter for 1.5 hours at the restaurant. Layered and creamy in texture with classic HB notes of char and melted asphalt and very much on the black-fruited side in this strong, full-bodied vintage. The complexity on the finish is just developing and it remains a young wine in need of further aging. 94+
Post a Comment / View dream's profile4 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Report Issue (1,057 views)
3 comments have been posted
Post a Comment
/ View dream's profile
4 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Report Issue (1,057 views)
4 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Report Issue (1,057 views)
Comment posted by djhammond:
4/20/2024 11:34:00 AM - Hi. Like yourself, whenever I dip into my stock, I am underwhelmed by it youthful stubbornness. How much time do you guess is this going to take to really show its greatness. Being in my 60s I am starting to cull some my younger heavyweights, and reinvest if they show no signs of medium term fruition.
Comment posted by dream:
4/20/2024 4:20:00 PM - It's a great question and sometimes I do wonder if the '98 will ever fully come around. I am guessing yes because the long decant here helped and the wine was fairly expressive but still holding back. Given it's Haut Brion, I have to believe it will be worth the wait but we'll see. I'm 66 so in the same boat and I have 2 cases in the cellar so I guess I'm betting on it.
Comment posted by djhammond:
4/20/2024 11:08:00 PM - Ditto re age. Thanks for your thoughts. I have a case, and also the 1998 La Mission which I have found even younger. The race against time!