1996 Chateau Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan, Half Bottle (375ml)
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97JA96RP
Critic key
RP = Robert ParkerJA = Jane Anson
- Rating
- JA97/RP96
- Producer
- Haut Brion
- Vintage
- 1996
- Region
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Pessac-Leognan
- Country
- France
- Classification
- Premier Cru Classe
- Format
- Half-Bottle
- Volume
- 375mL
- ABV
- 13.0
- Type
- Still
- Color
- Red
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Product Description
JA97 This has stunning aromatics, the most complex of the lineup tasted here, and underlines why 1996 is recognised as one of the great - and often underestimated - vintages of Haut-Brion. Opens at a slow, steady pace, tobacco leaf and grilled cedar, soft blackberry and cassis fruit, gentle cigar box and pencil lead, ready to drink. 65% new oak for ageing. Famously the only Bordeaux red wine outside of the Médoc to be included in the 1855 classification, Haut-Brion was owned by Joseph Eugène Larrieu at the time, in place since the 1830s, with his family heading things up until the 1920s.
RP96 While it's the Médoc that tends to steal the limelight in this vintage, the 1996 Haut-Brion, the fruit of a strict selection, is a brilliant wine and comparatively underestimated today. Wafting from the glass with aromas of tobacco leaf, sweet currant fruit, loamy soil, cedar box and camphor, it's medium to full-bodied, layered and intense, with a deep core of fruit, sweet tannins and a long, sapid finish.
RP96 While it's the Médoc that tends to steal the limelight in this vintage, the 1996 Haut-Brion, the fruit of a strict selection, is a brilliant wine and comparatively underestimated today. Wafting from the glass with aromas of tobacco leaf, sweet currant fruit, loamy soil, cedar box and camphor, it's medium to full-bodied, layered and intense, with a deep core of fruit, sweet tannins and a long, sapid finish.