Château Haut-Brion - Pessac-Léognan 1995 (6L)
Price: $8000.00
| Producer | Château Haut-Brion |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Pessac-Leognan |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 1995 |
| Sku | 3281 |
| Size | 6L |
Wine Advocate: 96 Points
It is fun to go back and forth between the 1995 and 1996 two superb vintages for Haut-Brion. The 1995 seems to have sweeter tannin and a bit more fat and seamlessness when compared to the more structured and muscular 1996. Certainly 1995 was a vintage that the brilliant administrator Jean Delmas handled flawlessly. The result is a deep ruby/purple-colored wine with a tight but promising nose of burning wood embers intermixed with vanilla spice box earth mineral sweet cherry black currant plum-like fruit medium to full body a high level of ripe but sweet tannin and a finish that goes on for a good 40-45 seconds. This wine is just beginning to emerge from a very closed state where it was unyielding and backward. Anticipated maturity: 2006-2035. Last tasted 11/02.
Wine Spectator: 95 Points
Sweet tobacco blackberries and violets on the nose. Subtle. Full-bodied and very tight with fantastic tannins and a long caressing finish. Wonderful texture. All in reserve still. Give this time.--'95/'96 Bordeaux retrospective. Best after 2010.
Vinous: 93 Points
Very good deep red-ruby. Sweet highly expressive aromas of redcurrant hot stones roasted plum woodsmoke and tobacco. Fuller and more textured in the middle palate with a chewy tactile mouth feel that suggests strong extract and a wonderfully pliant texture. A firm mineral underpinning and sound acids frame the fruit. Expansive and seductively sweet in the mouth. Finishes very long and ripe with thoroughly civilized tannins.
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