Château Haut-Brion - Pessac-Léognan 2005 (750ml)
Price: $1050.00
| Producer | Château Haut-Brion |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | Pessac-Leognan |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2005 |
| Sku | 124590 |
| Size | 750ml |
Wine Spectator: 100 Points
"This is incredible on the nose showing coffee cake blackberry floral coffee bean and vanilla bean with Chinese spices. A very complex full-bodied red with seamless hyperpolished tannins that caress every millimeter of the palate. Lasts for minutes. So beautifully balanced I\'m left speechless. Is it even better than the 1989?"
Wine Advocate: 100 Points
"The mineral-laced 2005 Haut Brion (56% Cabernet Sauvignon 39% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc) is exquisite. With its elegance and finesse it is not as powerful as La Mission but the nobility and complexity of the aromatics incredible fragrance (subtle smoke and blue red and black fruits) that persists in the glass full-bodied mouthfeel (though very light and delicate on its feet) and incredible length characterize this great Haut-Brion. It is just starting to drink well and should continue to do so for at least another three decades. It is a tour de force in winemaking but only 9000 cases were produced."
Jeb Dunnuck: 100 Points
The 2005 Haut Brion is out of this world and certainly one of the finest wines I?ve ever tasted. Deeper richer and more concentrated than the 2000 it offers as pure an expression of this terroir as I could image with huge notes of blackcurrants roasted herbs scorched earth tobacco and earth all literally soaring from the glass. Full-bodied powerful concentrated and layered it still holds onto the hallmark elegance and purity of the estate. Wine doesn?t get any better and this tour de force can be drunk anytime over the coming three decades or more.
jsJames Suckling: 100 Points
"This is a wine that makes you dream. The nose is packed with flowers sweet tobacco iodine spices raspberries blackberries and great freshness. The texture is perfection pure silk and the fruit is wonderfully complex and subtle. Currants fresh mushrooms flowers and stones fill the mouth and make way to a delightful finish. Please leave this alone until 2020."
Vinous: 99+ Points
The 2005 Haut-Brion is a deep meaty wine. Black cherry game smoke tobacco licorice gravel and scorched earth saturate every corner of the palate. The 2005 is inky creamy and voluptuous right out of the gate. It is also very young and in need of time in bottle. Most wines I tasted for this report started to lose a little steam after 24 hours but the Haut-Brion kept getting better and better. It?s a magical wine if a bit less accessible than most other 2005s at this stage. Tasted two times. (Drink between 2025-2055)
Wine Enthusiast: 98 Points
"A big virile wine dominated by dark and firm tannins. The structure comes from powerful black fruits the wood only showing as dry edge to the tannins. It?s firm obviously destined for long aging with initial blackberry fruits powering through the density. A stupendous wine that will last many decades."
Stephen Tanzer: 97 Points
Wonderfully expressive nose combines black raspberry, mocha, hot stones, caramel and tobacco. Lush, fat and full but with terrific definition and suavity to its extravagantly dense black raspberry, stone and licorice flavors. As large-scaled as this is, it's not at all overly sweet. Expands impressively on the back half, finishing with substantial tannins that are thoroughly covered by fruit. A great vintage for Haut-Brion.
