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Red
1995 Château Haut-Brion
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Graves
- Pessac-Léognan
Label borrowed from 1996
Label borrowed from 1994
Label borrowed from 1996
Community Tasting Notes 281
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MS86 Likes this wine: 97 points
March 28, 2023 - Clear, medium ruby fading to a clear rim. Decanted 5 hours.
Bouquet is rich and elegant and remarkably complex. Violet, chocolate, espresso, dusty black fruit, smoke and meat.
Palate is plush and full with firm tannins, powerful acids, texture and density.
Flavours of violet, ripe black fruit and meat match the nose. Exceptional length.
Beautiful wine to drink now but I would love to have the chance to try this again in another decade. -
Luvwine1 Likes this wine: 94 points
March 26, 2023 - Medium body, elegant, long finish 1.5 hours in decanter—probably should have been a bit longer. In the glass, it was initially thin on mid palate but filled out as time went on. By end of meal, just terrific, elegant, and long.
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soyhead wrote:
February 11, 2023 - nose - char, mushroom
mouth - savory, hickory, loads of dark fruit and still very fresh, I often find HB to have a smoky essence, and here , after some time, it grew on me, and I found myself quite enamored. -
The_Cat wrote: 95 points
January 15, 2023 - Deep garnet red still intense flavors complex cherry and blackberry a hind of cedar wood and ink. Full bodied with soft textured tannins and very good length
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rmh66 wrote: 96 points
January 7, 2023 - PnP and followed for several hours, filled out a bit with an hour of air. Blackcurrants, red cherry, plums, smoke, cigar box, earth, tobacco, and graphite on the nose. Tart cherry, plums, tobacco, earth, graphite, and a number of hard to identify complex flavors. Very nice acidity, mostly resolved tannins, long finish. There was a little leftover on the second day that offered a slightly meaty, bloody taste that was interesting. What a treat to drink a wine like this.
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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.
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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)
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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 160 (1%)
- In Cellars 8,216 (70%)
- Consumed 3,321 (28%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
Beef, Game, Lamb, PoultryWho Likes This Wine
99% Like It 85 votes
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- ProducerChâteau Haut-Brion
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionGraves
- AppellationPessac-Léognan
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