2006 Chateau Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan, Case of 6 btls

RP 96 "The 2006 Haut-Brion performed even better from bottle than it did from barrel. Sixty-four percent of the production went into this wine, and while it displays the vintage's powerful tannins and structure, it possesses superb concentration, and the minerality/scorched earth notes of a great Haut-Brion. Medium to full-bodied, with perhaps not quite the fleshiness of the 2005 or 2000, it is built more along the lines of the 1998 and 1996. It is a brilliant effort displaying sensational purity, texture, and length that should be exceptionally long-lived. (NM)" (May 2016)
Chateau Haut-Brion, Premier Cru Classe, Pessac-Leognan