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Red
1995 Château Haut-Brion
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Graves
- Pessac-Léognan
Label borrowed from 1996
Label borrowed from 1996
Community Tasting Notes 311
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MarcPal wrote: 94 points
April 12, 2024 - Decanted approximately 2-2.5 hours before serving. Deep garnet colour with light bricking, apparent but silky tannins, absolute powerhouse wine showing cedar, tobacco, dark fruit, kept evolving and improving in the glass. Drinking well after a long decant, but should only improve with 5+ more years. Beautiful wine (94-95)
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RobinTeo wrote: 95 points
March 30, 2024 - The one with Old Bordeaux (Praelum): Double decanted to remove sediments 3 hours before drinking and it seemed to have helped this bottle shed some baby fat. Out of the gates this was firing with alternating waves of black fruit and red fruit with smoke, earth, graphite and baking spices. This is fresh and youthful on the palate with leather, truffles, black fruit. This is dense and complex today already but I would keep my remaining to revisit in 5-10 years time! I can only imagine how tightly wound this would have otherwise been without the decant.
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Philip67 Likes this wine: 94 points
March 30, 2024 - Slight mushroom cloaking the wine. Beneath the mushroom pure focused blackberry fruit. Great depth and complexity. Drinking beautifully now, will last another 2 decades.
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RayOB Likes this wine: 96 points
March 21, 2024 - Drank at 67PM
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johnh1001 wrote: 94 points
March 16, 2024 - Another great bottle. Love the silky texture.
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By Neal Martin
Cellar Favorite: 1995 Haut-Brion (Nov 2021), 11/1/2021 (link)(Haut-Brion Haut-Brion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
View From the Cellar
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By John Gilman
Sep/Oct 2020, Issue #89, Recently-Tasted Bordeaux And Revisiting the 1855 Left Bank Classification(Château Haut-Brion (Graves)) Subscribe to see review text.
Winedoctor
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By Chris Kissack
May 2015, 5/1/2015 (link)(Château Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan Red) Subscribe to see review text.
JancisRobinson.com
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
2/21/2013 (link)(Ch Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Hemming, MW
6/15/2012 (link)(Ch Haut Brion Pessac-Léognan Red) Subscribe to see review text.
The World of Fine Wine
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June 2011, Issue #32 (link)
(Haut-brion) Subscribe to see review text.
JancisRobinson.com
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
2/17/2011 (link)(Ch Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
3/15/2010 (link)(Ch Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
11/3/2009 (link)(Ch Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan Red) Subscribe to see review text.
The WINEFRONT
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By Gary Walsh
11/16/2008 (link)(Chateau Haut-Brion) Subscribe to see review text.
Vintage Tastings
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By John Kapon
1995 vs 1996 Bordeaux, 10/27/2008(Haut Brion) Subscribe to see review text.
JancisRobinson.com
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
8/15/2007 (link)(Ch Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan Red) Subscribe to see review text.
View From the Cellar
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By John Gilman
May/Jun 2007, Issue #9, Château Haut Brion :Some Are More Equal Than Others(Château Haut Brion) Subscribe to see review text.
JancisRobinson.com
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
10/25/2005 (link)(Ch Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 1998, IWC Issue #78 (link)(Chateau Haut Brion Pessac-Leognan) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
1995 and 1994 Bordeaux (May 1996), 5/1/1996 (link)(Haut-brion Haut-brion) Subscribe to see review text.
RJonWine.com
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By Richard Jennings
3/22/2008 (link) 94 points(Château Haut-Brion) Focused, au point, plum nose; very tasty, wonderful, poised, luscious currant and cassis palate; medium-plus finish 94+ pts.
Rockss and Fruit
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By Lyle Fass
3/20/2007 (link)(Chateau Haut Brion) This had a great nose. Really high-toned with deep spice and tobacco. Gravelly minerality developed after a while. The palate was what I expected out of a '95. Closed awkward and promising but was it? The story of 1995 right now. Another 1970 in the making? Only time will tell....or will it? A paradoxical vintage if there ever was one.
RJonWine.com
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By Richard Jennings
7/18/2003 (link) 95 points(Château Haut-Brion) Reluctant nose; cherry and cassis palate with well-integrated but strong tannins; long cherry finish
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1995
- Type Red
- Producer Château Haut-Brion
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Graves
- Appellation Pessac-Léognan
- UPC Codes 000008740052, 031259016368, 0649944040507, 071570017255, 087000323988, 3364420025911, 3700188022197, 802236002519
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 165 (1%)
- In Cellars 8,435 (69%)
- Consumed 3,557 (29%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
Beef, Game, Lamb, PoultryWho Likes This Wine
98% Like It 102 votes
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- ProducerChâteau Haut-Brion
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionGraves
- AppellationPessac-Léognan
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