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Red
1998 Château Haut-Brion
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Graves
- Pessac-Léognan
Label borrowed from 1999
Label borrowed from 1999
Label borrowed from 1999
Community Tasting Notes 265
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dream Likes this wine: 94 points
April 20, 2024 - 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+
3 people found this helpful Comments (3) -
calypse Likes this wine: 97 points
March 31, 2024 - 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. -
Ohlawuly Likes this wine: 96 points
March 10, 2024 - 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.2 people found this helpful Comment -
d.f.c Likes this wine: 95 points
February 10, 2024 - 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.
1 person found this helpful Comment -
rcg62 wrote: 95 points
January 26, 2024 - 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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By Charles Curtis MW
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
7/17/2015 (link)(Ch Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
December 2014, 12/1/2014 (link)(Château 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.
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By John Kapon
Chicago Recap, 11/2/2011(Haut Brion) Subscribe to see review text.
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June 2011, Issue #32 (link)
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
4/7/2008 (link)(Ch Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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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.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
3/11/2006 (link)(Ch Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2000, IWC Issue #90 (link)(Chateau Haut Brion Pessac-Leognan) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 1999, IWC Issue #84 (link)(Chateau Haut Brion Pessac-Leognan) Subscribe to see review text.
Rockss and Fruit
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By Lyle Fass
10/17/2004 (link)(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.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1998
- 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 031259016368, 3364420025911, 3419466118452, 3700188022197, 802236002519
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 174 (1%)
- In Cellars 8,386 (71%)
- Consumed 3,232 (27%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
Beef, Game, Lamb, PoultryWho Likes This Wine
96% Like It 81 votes
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- ProducerChâteau Haut-Brion
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionGraves
- AppellationPessac-Léognan
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