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Chateau Haut-Brion (Premier Grand Cru Classe) 2022
Vendor code : 943
En Primeur 2022 campaign: the wine will arrive to the owners in 2025. Place your order online or with a personalized manager. We will fix the payment to receive the wine - it will arrive at your doorstep in two years. Thanks to the pre-purchase option (En Primeur), we have the chance to buy wines from Bordeaux at very attractive prices. Why buy in advance? Because it is favorable! You get the lowest possible price now and protect yourself against future currency fluctuations. It's reliable! The wine will be directly delivered to you from the château cellars, which guarantees 100% protection against counterfeiting. Get access to unique examples! Wines that are readily available today can quickly become rare, appearing on the market two years from now. Grapes are believed to have been cultivated on the Haut-Brion estate since Roman times, with the first documented evidence of wine production dating back to 1423. The current configuration of the estate was established in April 1525. In April 1663, the renowned diarist Samuel Pepys visited the Royal Oak Tavern in London and noted that he had "drank a sort of French wine called Ho Bryen that hath a good and most particular taste I never met with." Thomas Jefferson was so fond of Chateau Haut Brion that in a letter to his brother-in-law, he expressed his enjoyment and invited him to join in the purchase of a selected batch of this exceptional Bordeaux wine, describing it as the finest. Chateau Haut Brion holds the esteemed status of one of only five Premier Grand Cru Classe wines from Bordeaux, and notably, it is the sole producer located in Pessac, just outside the city of Bordeaux.
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Haut-Brion 2022 requires multiple aeration before it begins to produce a complex symphony of notes, one by one: incense, then pronounced spices, then crushed stones, then preserved plums and dark berries. Eventually, it all coalesces into a mesmerizing crescendo of intense notes of creme de cassis, pencil lead, and wild blueberries, giving way to quiet, persistent leitmotif aromas of earth. The Haut-Brion 2022 is a deep, highly intelligent, multi-layered child that will need 7-8 years to start showing what it can do, and then the Haut-Brion 2022 will cellar for at least another 40 years.
The Chateau Haut-Brion vineyard is located in the commune of Pessac-Leognan and is part of the appellation of the same name located in the north of the Graves wine region of Bordeaux. The terroir of Haut-Brion is formed by two large gravel ridges of the Güntz period (the Güntz refers to the glacial epoch of the first Quaternary period). The gravels are small pebbles formed by different varieties of quartz: for Chateau Haut-Brion, these pebbles are a real gem. Two rivulets border this vast gravel terrace called Haut-Brion, which has been mentioned on ancient maps of the region and in notarial deeds since the early 15th century. The subsoil of the terroir is loam. The vineyard covers 51 hectares. 48 of them are planted with red grape varieties (Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot) and about 3 with white grape varieties (Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc). The Chateau Haut-Brion was founded by Jean de Pontac and has been producing wines since 1533, making it the oldest estate in the Bordeaux region. The red wine of Château Haut Brion embodies five centuries of winemaking tradition and is an integral part of world wine history. In 1660, Haut Brion, under its current name, was served at the table of King Charles II of England, which makes Chateau Haut Brion one of the oldest luxury brands in the world. Thanks to the application of new production and aging techniques back in the day, this wine became the great predecessor of all current red wines designed for long storage. In 1855, Chateau Haut Brion was elevated to the Premier Grand Cru Classe. Produced since 1533, Chateau Haut Brion can to some extent be considered the "father of all Premier Grand Cru Classe". It is Bordeaux's oldest Grand Cru, creating a new style of wine in the 17th century.
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Yohan Castaing:"The 2022 Haut-Brion shows considerable promise, revealing aromas of dark berries and plums mingled with notions of pencil lead, licorice, tobacco leaf, spices and incense. Full-bodied, broad and seamless, it's rich and muscular, with a deep, layered core of fruit framed by an ample endowment of tannin. This blend of 53.6% Merlot, 35.4% Cabernet Sauvignon and 11% Cabernet Franc, the result is a lip-smacking exemplification of controlled power. Analytically, the 2022 possesses a similar level of tannins to the 2010, and a similar pH to the 2009, yet it is more suave and polished than the 2010 at the same stage, and seemingly more dynamic than the 2009."
James Suckling
James Suckling:"Currants and cedar with sandalwood and peaches. Fascinating aromas. Violets. Full-bodied with a crunchy and electric palate of primary fruit, with hints of tangerines and citrus. Great finish with structure and polish. 53.6% merlot, 35.4% cabernet sauvignon and 11% cabernet franc. Interesting to have such high merlot in the blend."
Vinous
"The 2022 Haut-Brion comes across as a bit restrained, given the natural opulence of the year and the other wines in the Clarence Dillon portfolio. Deep and wonderfully layered, the 2022 possesses remarkable depth but also a bit less of the explosive energy that is such a Haut-Brion signature. I suspect that will come in time, as the 2022 starts to show quite a bit better with a little aeration. Violet, gravel, incense, leather, tobacco and scorched earth linger. Superb. (AG)"
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