1997 Château Bahans Haut-Brion

Community Tasting Notes (6) Median Score: 89 points

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  6/2/2017 - Bordeauxlord Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Past its best

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  12/4/2014 - OW_SOSPEL Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Belle couleur rubis profond, lourd, larmes fines et très lentes.
  Nez très épicé qui présente de jolies senteurs de groseilles, de cassis et de myrtilles. Fine pointe de bois très noble. Fond cendré.
  Attaque large sur les fruits rouges et noirs bien murs et très concentrés. Fond de fumée, de torréfaction avec une pointe d'animalité.
  Immense finale très longue sur des fruits concentrés qui laisse apparaitre dans ses ultimes instants une pointe de bois et de fumée.
  Grande puissance et grande richesse pour ce Bahans 1997.

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  4/17/2014 - HowardNZ Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Billecart-Salmon Champagne, Burgundies, Rhones, Bordeaux etc with Sebastien, Brandon and Maciej (Museum Hotel, Wellington): Colour deep red. Nose shows clear bell pepper aroma. Clearly Cabernet Sauvignon signature, with some age showing aromas of tobacco, cigar box, herbs and dried leaves. On palate, a classic claret, English-style Bordeaux, not from a blockbuster year. Succulent, mellowing with beautiful acid balance. Flavours of tobacco, dark cherries, dried herbs, leather and brushwood. Suave, fine grained tannins, fully resolved. Well proportioned and long, finishes on a beautifully savoury note. On the reveal, the vintage and the fact this is First Growth quality is no surprise. More time to go in the cellar or drink now, 95.

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  11/12/2011 - Psdycp wrote: 90 Points

  Fragrant cedary oak, graphite and ripe blackberries fruit. Classic mineral notes from Pessac-Leognan. Palate is elegant with the flavours from the nose, following through from entry to finish. Good layering and intensity in the mid-palate. Finish is deep and lingering, just a touch hot and spicy. Need sometime in the decanter. Good attempt for the vintage.

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  4/15/2011 - Paulsc wrote: 89 Points

  Good quality cork, very tightly seated. 13% alcohol according to the label. Ruby red with a touch of orange towards the rim. Shy on the nose, with a lot of aeration you get a strong impression of beet-root and hot pebbles on a sunny day. In the mouth, notably harmonious, red fruits, more beet root, tobacco leaf, earthy, nice acidity, tannins almost melted away, pretty long, sweet finish, delicious. A really nice surprise as I feared it might have been well past it. So much for 1997 being a weak year, another excellent bottle (my last of these). Clearly some properties did pretty well in '97.

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