1998 Château Haut-Brion
Red Bordeaux Blend
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By Neal Martin
(Haut-Brion Haut-Brion Red) Login and sign up and see review text.
Written in the Stars: Bordeaux 1865-2020 (Dec 2023), 12/1/2023, (See more on Vinous...)
Decanter
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By Charles Curtis MW
(Château Haut-Brion, Merlot, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux, France, Red) Login and subscribe to see review text.
Château Haut Brion vertical: 1982-2010, 7/18/2023, (See more on Decanter...)
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By Neal Martin
(Haut-brion Haut-brion Red) Login and sign up and see review text.
A Century of Bordeaux: The Eights (May 2018), 5/18/2018, (See more on Vinous...)
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By James Suckling
(Château Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan Bordeaux, France) Login and sign up and see review text.
6/12/2016, (See more on JamesSuckling.com...)
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
(Ch Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan Red) Subscribe to see review text.
7/17/2015, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
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By Chris Kissack
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December 2014, 12/1/2014, (See more on Winedoctor...)
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By Richard Hemming, MW
(Ch Haut Brion Pessac-Léognan Red) Subscribe to see review text.
6/15/2012, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
Vintage Tastings
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By John Kapon
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Chicago Recap, 11/2/2011, (See more on Vintage Tastings...)
The World of Fine Wine
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June 2011, Issue #32, (See more on The World of Fine Wine...)
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
(Ch Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan Red) Subscribe to see review text.
4/7/2008, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
View From the Cellar
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By John Gilman
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May/Jun 2007, Issue #9, Château Haut Brion :Some Are More Equal Than Others, (See more on View From the Cellar...)
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
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3/11/2006, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
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By Stephen Tanzer
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By Stephen Tanzer
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May/June 1999, IWC Issue #84, (See more on Vinous...)
Rockss and Fruit
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By Lyle Fass
(Haut-Brion) This had a classic nose right out of the gates. Fresh tobacco, weedy earth, raspberry, cassis, kirsch and cigar box. Sweeter on the palate than the previous wine with more weight but a wonderfully delicate balance. After a while the oak was going back and forth on the nose but it still had that wonderful balance and weightlessness in the mouth that is one of the trademarks of Haut-Brion. Young but great.
10/17/2004, (See more on Rockss and Fruit...)
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Wine Definition
- Vintage1998
- TypeRed
- ProducerChâteau Haut-Brion
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- Designationn/a
- Vineyardn/a
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionGraves
- AppellationPessac-Léognan
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- UPC/EAN Code031259016368, 3364420025911, 3419466118452, 3700188022197, 802236002519
4/20/2024 - dream Likes this wine: 94 Points
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+
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3/31/2024 - calypse Likes this wine: 97 Points
Prominent appearance, elegantly restrained at the same time. Quite flatteringly full-bodied, but rides an elegant wave for a very long time.
Pretty impressive stuff.
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3/10/2024 - Ohlawuly Likes this wine: 96 Points
The wine opens up after slow aeration in the bottle for 1.5 to 2 hours. No decant.
Medium to deep garnet. Nose offers prune, smoke, cigar box, leather, cedar, tart, and burning charcoal. Medium-full body with velvet tannin, still fresh. Balanced, refined, complex, and layered. Intense but elegant. Long and rich finish with cassis, vanilla, and roasted meat.
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2/10/2024 - d.f.c Likes this wine: 95 Points
Drank this in a blind drinking party, drank this the second after 99 Latour and before 99 Mouton, 99 Lafite, 99 Margaux and 98 La Mission Haut Brion. Stellar performer. 3 out of 9 people ranked this their favorite of the bunch.
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1/26/2024 - rcg62 wrote: 95 Points
Brought a bottle out to a steakhouse last night. Only time for a relatively brief decant (30-45 min?), but I’d say it was drinking great, regardless. Good color, nose really came through. And very classy, and class-ic, in profile. Notch below the better vintages in terms of power, but pretty darn good.
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