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1985 Château Laville Haut-Brion Blanc
Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend
- France
- Bordeaux
- Graves
- Pessac-Léognan
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Community Tasting Notes 29
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unreal Likes this wine: 97 points
April 11, 2024 - One of the best old Pessac Blancs I have had. Petroleum, brioche, wooden notes. Excellent!
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joshabramson Does not like this wine: 89 points
July 27, 2022 - 375ml: Rich and honeyed, with oxidative notes that became augmented with more time in the glass. Maybe in a different setting I would have been down to drink this, but tonight I wasn’t feeling it. More interesting than delicious, for me.
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dream Likes this wine: 94 points
June 8, 2021 - Wow, great bottle of this showing excellent freshness with a classic waxy texture but perfect acidic grip as well. Very developed flavors of subdued tropical fruits which lead to a lovely honeyed finish. Restores some faith in how White Bordeaux can age.
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DaleW wrote:
June 8, 2021 - Lovely bottle, a pointe. Fresh yet with developed notes of coconut and wax on top of fresh apple and pear fruit. Lovely acids, long, delightful. A-
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DaleW wrote:
October 2, 2020 - Darker color than another recent bottle, and some light nutty oxidative notes, but good acids and freshness. Pears and pit fruits with a little almond and coconut. B+
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 1985
- Type White
- Producer Château Laville Haut-Brion
- Varietal Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend
- Designation Blanc
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- SubRegion Graves
- Appellation Pessac-Léognan
- UPC Code 087000340237
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 1 (0%)
- In Cellars 171 (66%)
- Consumed 89 (34%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
91% Like It 11 votes
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- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- SubRegionGraves
- AppellationPessac-Léognan
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