Domaine Allary Haut Brion

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- The Touraille family, who passed the estate down to the Allary family bought the small parcel of vines in 1918. In the early days, the wine was bottled and sold as Haut Brion La Passion. The first of two law suits forced the estate to change the name of the wine to La Passion Haut Brion.
- Following World War 2, in 1948, the Allary family made an arrangement with the owners of Haut Brion to allow Haut Brion the rights to produce wine from the holdings of the Allarys. In return, the Allary family recieved 1.350 liters of Chateau Haut Brion. This was later adjusted to one and half barrels of wine, which is close to 36 cases of Bordeaux wine. From 1954 to 1978, the wine was produced under the name of La Passion Haut Brion.
- Due to a change in the EU laws that expressly forbid the making of different wines being made in the same facilities, if they were owned by different entities, the wine of La Passion Haut Brion was from that point forward, blended into the Second Wine, Bahans Haut Brion. In turn, the Allary family was paid rent in bottles of Haut Brion which amounted to about 40 cases.
- From 1979 until 2007, the fruit from La Passion Haut Brion continued to be placed into Bahans Haut Brion. Prior to 1979, the wines labeled La Passion Haut Brion were the exact same wine as either Haut Brion or Bahans Haut Brion, the second wine. The only difference between the wines was the label. Of course that is what took place. It would not be possible for a large, First Growth estate making thousands of cases to produce a few hundred cases of wine.
- In 2006, the courts awarded the Allary family the return of their 1.3 hectare parcel of vines. At the time, close to 9,000 vines were owned by the Allary family. Many of those vines were planted in 1982. A non commercial harvest took place in 2007. In 2008, the owner tried bringing back the original brand name of the Pessac Leognan estate. However, he was ordered to cease and desist from using the name La Passion Haut Brion by the courts. The wine is now labeled and sold under a new name, Allary Haut Brion. Allary is the original family owners last name.
- The 1.3-hectare Bordeaux wine vineyard of Allary Haut Brion is located in the heart of the Haut-Brion vineyard! The vines are planted to a high density of 9,240 vines per hectare. The unusual varietal mix includes 60% Cabernet Franc and 40% Cabernet Sauvignon. The average age of the vines is 38 years. The Allary Haut Brion terroir is gravel over clay. All work in the vineyard work is done using horses. No machines or tractors are allowed in the Bordeaux wine vineyards of Allary Haut Brion.
- The uncrushed fruit is fermented in oak tanks. Maceration time, interspersed with regular pigeages, runs 30 days. Malolactic takes place in barrels with aging and stirring of the lees for the first three months. The wine is aged in 50% new barrels from Taransaud for between 14 to 16 months. Production is estimated at 5,000 bottles of Allary Haut Brion wine per year. Stéphane Derenoncourt and his able team consult Domaine Allary Haut Brion on their winemaking and vineyard management.
- In a deal that closed September 2012, the holdings of Domaine Allary Haut Brion were sold to the owner of Chateau Haut Brion. Only 4 vintages of this unique wine were produced, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. The final vintage of Allary Haut Brion will be 2011.

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wine type	Name, Type, Locale	Year
Red	Domaine de La Passion Haut Brion (View Label Image) Red, France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan	2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 1976 1957