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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
1986/ A GOOD YEAR
A tannic wine, very much characteristic of the Graves. A hint of caramel and of burnt. A very good wine. Will age slowly.
Weather conditions
Sum of temperatures : 3050 °C
Rain : 386 mm
Days where temperature above 30 °C : 19
Harvest : from 29/09/1986 to 10/10/1986
Current vintage notes
A rather cold spring. Hard weather conditions in June for the flowering. A hot and dry summer carried through until the end of the...
Vuosikerta 1986
The 1986 Bordeaux vintage is celebrated as a monumental, slow-burning masterpiece, defined by its powerful tannins, immense concentration, and extraordinary longevity.
Following a torridly hot summer, heavy storms in September caused anxiety across the region. While the rain diluted the earlier-ripening Merlot on the Right Bank, drying northern winds quickly rescued the thick-skinned Cabernet Sauvignon of the Médoc. Châteaux that exercised ...
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| 2026 |
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| 519€ |