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Haut Brion 2021 150cl

1er Grand Cru Classé | Graves, Pessac-Léognan | Bordeaux | Francia
CHF 1’124.25
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98 James Suckling
This is racy and aromatic, with blossom honey, lemons, limes and crushed stone. Some Thai basil, too. It’s medium- to full-bodied with fresh acidity and plenty of energy. Solid and polished in the Haut-Brion way. Better to leave this for three or four years.
97 Robert Parker
A candidate for the title of wine of the vintage, the 2021 Haut-Brion unwinds in the glass with aromas of rich red and black fruit mingled with notions of cigar wrapper, licorice, black truffles, loamy soil and burning embers. Full-bodied, deep and concentrated, it's elegant and multidimensional, with superb depth at the core, lively acids and ultra-refined tannins. Combining the classical proportions of the vintages of two decades ago with the viticultural and winemaking of today, it's a timeless classic in the making, but it's difficult to find an obvious analogy with an older vintage. When pressed, Jean-Philippe Delmas suggests a superior version of the 2014 vintage, and to me, a more concentrated, serious version of the 2012 vintage also comes to mind. What is clear, however, is that this is one of the real high points of 2021. The blend is 50% Merlot, 38% Cabernet Sauvignon and 12% Cabernet Franc, and it attained 13.8% alcohol—a percentage point or so lower than in 2020 or 2019.
97 Robert Parker
A candidate for the title of wine of the vintage, the 2021 Haut-Brion unwinds in the glass with aromas of rich red and black fruit mingled with notions of cigar wrapper, licorice, black truffles, loamy soil and burning embers. Full-bodied, deep and concentrated, it's elegant and multidimensional, with superb depth at the core, lively acids and ultra-refined tannins. Combining the classical proportions of the vintages of two decades ago with the viticultural and winemaking of today, it's a timeless classic in the making, but it's difficult to find an obvious analogy with an older vintage. When pressed, Jean-Philippe Delmas suggests a superior version of the 2014 vintage, and to me, a more concentrated, serious version of the 2012 vintage also comes to mind. What is clear, however, is that this is one of the real high points of 2021. The blend is 50% Merlot, 38% Cabernet Sauvignon and 12% Cabernet Franc, and it attained 13.8% alcohol—a percentage point or so lower than in 2020 or 2019.
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Château Haut Brion
Una delle quattro proprietà originarie classificate come Premier Cru nella famosa Classificazione del 1855, Château Haut-Brion è una tenuta ancora più unica per il fatto di essere stata l'unica al di fuori del Médoc a essere inclusa. Lo Château ha avuto una lunga storia nella viticoltura, ancora più antica rispetto ai suoi omologhi Médoc Grand Cru Classé, rendendo questa proprietà un vero mito di Graves. Situata appena a sud-ovest del centro della città di Bordeaux, la proprietà di 51 ettari fa parte della denominazione Pessac-Léognan. Dominata dalle viti a bacca rossa, solo 3 ettari di vigneti della proprietà sono dedicati alla coltivazione delle varietà a bacca bianca: Sémillion e Sauvignon Blanc. Oggi i proprietari sono gli stessi di Château La Mission Haut-Brion e La Tour Haut-Brion. La famiglia Dillon è rappresentata dal Principe Robert Dillon di Lussemburgo, che attualmente gestisce la tenuta. Rispetto ai Premier Cru più grandi, Château Haut-Brion ha una produzione piuttosto ridotta di rossi e bianchi meravigliosi. Il secondo vino della tenuta, Le Clarence de Haut-Brion, può quasi competere con lo squisito Grand Vin, Haut-Brion, che contiene una percentuale elevata di Merlot. Lo Château produce inoltre un Haut-Brion Blanc fermentato in botte e un secondo vino, prodotto da Haut-Brion e La Mission Haut-Brion, chiamato La Clarté de Haut-Brion.