2023 Château Haut-Brion

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 97.5 points

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  5/4/2024 - Jeff Leve wrote: 98 Points

  Even the nose is vibrant this year. You instantly sense it in the perfume with its flowers, red currants, smoke, spice, and cherries. The wine is powerful, yet reserved, long, intense, silky, and vivacious. The fruit has this lift that elevates on the palate. There is richness, elegance, and purity here. But, what is most striking is that on the palate, the wine moves in every direction, covering both sides, as well as the roof of your mouth as the wealth of fruit lingers for over 60 seconds. Part of the success of the vintage is due to July, with its cloudy skies, providing protection from the sun, helping to keep alcohol levels down. There is also less green harvesting taking place this year. It is important to note that not only are the harvest dates becoming earlier here, they are also finishing later. More attention is paid to finding phenolic maturity on a parcel by harvest basis, adding nuance and balance. In the cellars, the extraction was soft, at lower temperatures, adding the elegance in the wine. The wine blends 52.3% Merlot, 38.6% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 9.1% Cabernet Franc, 14.6% ABV. 3.7 pH. Harvesting took place, September 4 - October 4. Only 42% of the harvest was placed into the grand Vin. Drink from 2030-2065. 97-99 Pts.

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  5/1/2024 - vvWine.ch wrote: 97 Points

  96-98 Punkte. Wie oft zurückhaltender als La Mission, jedoch nicht weniger komplex, dunkler in der Frucht, maskuliner am Gaumen, die saftige Frucht wird von feinsten Gerbstoffen umgarnt, eine eiserne Faust im Samthandschuh mit grosser Präzision und grossartiger Länge. Für eine kleine Ewigkeit gebaut. (En Primeur Tasting April 2024)

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