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Wine Description
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...
Wine Information
1963 A LESSER YEAR
In spite of some promise in its first years, the wine has evolved in unreliable fashion. The impression of unripe and spoiled fruit overpowers any sense of nobility and breed.
Weather conditions
Sum of temperatures : 3010 °C
Rain : 370 mm
Days where temperature above 30 °C : 7
Harvest : from 03/10/1963 to 16/10/1963
Current vintage notes
A bad year-cold and rainy. Few wines were chateau-bottled. Total production:...
