1985 Chateau Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan, Case of 12 btls [Slightly Scuffed Labels]
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96VM
Critic key
VM = Vinous Media
- Rating
- VM96
- Producer
- Haut Brion
- Vintage
- 1985
- Region
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Pessac-Leognan
- Country
- France
- Classification
- Premier Cru Classe
- Format
- Case
- Volume
- 750mL
- Type
- Still
- Color
- Red
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Product Description
VM96 "The 1985 Haut-Brion is a vintage that I have not encountered for several years. This has an intense nose with dark berry fruit, wild mint, iris flower and just a touch of garrigues. Complex and entrancing. The palate is medium-bodied with the presence and gravitas you expect from a First Growth. Very harmonious with a silky texture and outstanding minerality and tension, this meliorates in the glass, gaining depth and clarity whilst retaining Graves-like typicité. Perhaps this was an under-estimated First Growth for the vintage. This is drinking supremely well, plus it is cheaper than the '89! Tasted at the 1985 dinner at Noble Rot Mayfair." NM for VM June 2025