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Red
2016 Château Haut-Brion
Red Bordeaux Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Graves
- Pessac-Léognan
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Community Tasting Notes 20
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EZVZ Likes this wine: 100 points
November 18, 2023 - (Unblind tasting) Elegance and complexity that presents itself in an understated way. It starts with high toned red fruit, strawberry and red currant, with a tinge of cool mint. These flavors are juicy and pure, and simply delicious.
Earthier notes emerge behind the fruit. Leather, prosciutto, bay leaf and sandalwood. Then a distinctly Bordelaise finish of pencil shavings and countryside that’s unmistakably there but in harmony with the fruit.
Many would disagree but I don’t think this is too young. I love how juicy and vibrant the red fruit is at this age, and the oak is already well integrated. No doubt it also has many good years ahead of it.6 people found this helpful Comment -
yaanik Likes this wine: 100 points
November 1, 2023 - perfect wine.
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Xavier Auerbach wrote: 98 points
June 19, 2023 - Château Haut-Brion and Château La Mission Haut-Brion Tasting and Dinner (Winefield's Auctioneers, Amsterdam, NL): Beautifully precise and fresh, perfumed and exciting, diaphanous and refined, flowers and red berries, wonderful tension and harmony, firm but papery tannins, minty, perfect weight, elegant and layered, just a whiff of oak, long finish with great drive. Stunning wine, effortless elegance, great future.
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motuski Likes this wine: 98 points
June 1, 2023 - Exquisitely balanced - probably the most finessed wine I have ever tasted. Drank side-by-side with a 2015 Latour Martillac which while excellent, felt more rustic in comparison.
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JimRusche wrote: 92 points
April 29, 2023 - Wonderful but still too early to get high quality finish
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By Andy Howard MW
Bordeaux 2016 IMW tasting: top wines, 12/1/2021 (link)(Château Haut-Brion, Merlot, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
1/23/2020 (link)(Ch Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jeb Dunnuck
Bordeaux 2016: Firing On All Cylinders, 2/28/2019 (link)(Chateau Haut-Brion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By James Suckling
1/22/2019 (link)(Château Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan, Red, France) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
2016 Bordeaux…It’s All In The Bottle (Jan 2019), 1/2/2019 (link)(Haut-brion Haut-brion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Neal Martin
The DBs: Bordeaux 2016 In Bottle (Jan 2019), 1/1/2019 (link)(Haut-brion Haut-brion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jane Anson
JA Additional BiB 2016, 12/4/2018 (link)(Château Haut-Brion, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
December 2018, 12/1/2018 (link)(Château Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Antonio Galloni
2016 Bordeaux: It’s Now or Never, Baby (Apr 2017), 4/17/2017 (link)(Haut-brion Haut-brion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
4/5/2017 (link)(Ch Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By James Suckling
4/4/2017 (link)(Château Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan, Red, France) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Jane Anson
Bordeaux En Primeur 2016 Pessac-Léognan, 4/2/2017 (link)(Château Haut-Brion, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Chris Kissack
April 2017, 4/1/2017 (link)(Château Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Neal Martin
Southwold: 2016 Bordeaux Blind (Aug 2020) (link)(Haut-brion Haut-brion Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2016
- 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, 087000323988, 3700188022197, 639737619096, 802236002519, 830293008557
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 783 (11%)
- In Cellars 6,199 (84%)
- Consumed 381 (5%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
Beef, Game, Lamb, PoultryWho Likes This Wine
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- ProducerChâteau Haut-Brion
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionGraves
- AppellationPessac-Léognan
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