Chteau Haut-BrionPessac-LeognanAppellation de Haut-Brion contrle5112000-15000Chteau Haut-BrionPremier Grand Cru

Chteau Haut-Brion is a French wine, rated a Premier Cru Class (First Growth), produced in Pessac just outside the city of Bordeaux. It differs from the other wines on the list in its geographic location in the north of the wine-growing region of Graves. Of the five first growths, it is the only wine with the Pessac-Lognan appellation and is in some sense the ancestor of a classification that remains the benchmark to this day.

Appellation:
AOC Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux

Type:
Red/Rouge (Still)

Grape Varieties:
56% Merlot, 37.5% Cabernet Sauvignon and 6.5% Cabernet Franc

Tasting Notes:
(Robert Parker’s rating: 100 points)
The 2016 Haut-Brion is medium to deep garnet-purple colored, the nose is at once profound and arresting, offering drop-dead gorgeous Morello cherries, lilacs and red rose scents with a core of Black Forest cake, warm blackcurrants and blueberry preserves plus wafts of sandalwood and underbrush. Medium-bodied, the elegantly crafted palate is completely packed with intense floral, mineral and cassis-laced flavors with a firm frame of very finely pixelated tannins and seamless freshness, finishing very long and achingly stunning.