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    90
  • Decanting time

    1h
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The Story

Château Haut-Brion is the oldest and by far the smallest of the "Premiers Grands Crus" vineyards of the Gironde 1855 classification. Château Haut-Brion is one of the few remaining family-owned domains of the Bordeaux region with a history going back to the 16th century. It has been owned by the American Dillon family since 1935.

 

There is an amazing dual hit of black fruit and fine-grained tannins here, which is rounded off with a wonde...

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Wine Information


1964 A VERY GOOD YEAR
The grapes were ripe and very fragile. Haut-Brion started its harvests very quickly, and they were nearly finished before the rains. The wine is today flavorful, long, with finesse needing more time to achieve fulfillment.

Weather conditions
Sum of temperatures : 3327 °C
Rain : 339 mm
Days where temperature above 30 °C : 31
Harvest : from 28/09/1964 to 06/10/1964

Current vintage notes
An early year with muc...

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Vintage 1964

Pour beaucoup, le millésime 1964 évoque des images d’une année vraiment unique. C’était cela en Bourgogne, mais pas à Bordeaux, même si le ministre français de l’Agriculture a déclaré que c’était le millésime du siècle à Bordeaux. Il a fait sa déclaration avant que les pluies d’automne ne commencent à tomber. Le millésime a été, en tout cas, très bon, rappelant assez celui de 1962, dont les grandes récoltes produisaient d’excellents vins.

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Ruby with thin garnet rim. Cedar, cigars, blackcurrants, extremelly elegant, a bit tender and fragile, great mature Bordeaux. Some prunes and figs, leather and medicinal. Very elegant, sweet morellos and red plums, great ballance, complex, exceptional length. Not decanted. 91

  • 91p

Château Haut-Brion 1964 / Bright, clear cherry red colour with an orange hue. Appealingly open, complex and developed concentrated fragrant nose with intense red berry aromas and flowers. Dry, medium-bodied palate with crisp delicate acidity and very supportive ripe tannins. Sweet intensive fruit with roasted pine nut aromas are highlighted in the long finish. Lovely wine with balance and harmony

  • 93p
Tasted in April 2014. Elegant and mature wine, polished, fine balance and complexity. Light but with great finesse.
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Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux

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