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The 1945 Haut-Brion is a vintage that I have only encountered once before in April 2004 – unequivocally a perfect bottle. Initially, this second bottle 14 years later suggested that I might have simply been very fortunate on that occasion. It was only after thirty minutes in the glass that it magically coalesces and transmogrifies into an ineffably profound wine. Deep in color without quite the same clarity as either the 1959 or 1961, it offer...
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The Story
Among the ultra-elite hierarchy of Bordeaux First Growths, Château Haut-Brion occupies a singular space. While its counterparts—Lafite Rothschild, Margaux, Latour, and Mouton Rothschild—reside in the Médoc north of the city, Haut-Brion stands alone in Pessac-Léognan, just outside Bordeaux’s urban core. It is not merely a founding pillar of fine wine history; it is arguably the birthplace of luxury winemaking as we know it today.
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Wine Information
The 1945 Château Haut-Brion is a legendary, century-defining First Growth widely celebrated as a historic victory-vintage masterpiece. Born from a severely frost-reduced yield (down ~80% across Bordeaux) followed by a scorching, dry summer, the harvest began extraordinarily early on September 13th, yielding grapes with monumental concentration and massive phenolic structure.
Bottled decades before the establishment of the Pessac-Léognan ap...
Vuosikerta 1945
The world’s best wine vintage – 1947 or 1945? Tastingbook tasted all the best wines from these two great vintages.
If the wine producers from different regions were asked to name the best vintages from their winemaking history, the most would name 1947 or 1945 as one of the great ones. If we then compared them together there would be most likely only one vintage that the most if not every producer had named on list – 1947.
We wanted to t...
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Viinin keskihinta
| Year | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 530€ | -4.8% |
| 2025 | 4 760€ | -13.3% |
| 2021 | 5 490€ | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 5 690€ | +32.7% |
| 2016 | 4 288€ | +13.2% |
| 2015 | 3 788€ | +49.0% |
| 2014 | 2 543€ | +21.2% |
| 2013 | 2 099€ | -10.0% |
| 2012 | 2 333€ | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 2 443€ | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 2 344€ | +117.4% |
| 2005 | 1 078€ | +98.5% |
| 2000 | 543€ | +112.1% |
| 1995 | 256€ | - |
| Year | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 530€ | -4.8% |
| 2025 | 4 760€ | -13.3% |
| 2021 | 5 490€ | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 5 690€ | +32.7% |
| 2016 | 4 288€ | +13.2% |
| 2015 | 3 788€ | +49.0% |
| 2014 | 2 543€ | +21.2% |
| 2013 | 2 099€ | -10.0% |
| 2012 | 2 333€ | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 2 443€ | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 2 344€ | +117.4% |
| 2005 | 1 078€ | +98.5% |
| 2000 | 543€ | +112.1% |
| 1995 | 256€ | - |
This data comes from the FINE Auction Index, a composite of average prices for wines sold at commercial auctions in 20 countries. The average prices from each year have been collected since 1990. This chart plots the index value of the average price of the wines.