The Tb points given to this wine are the world’s most valid and most up-to-date evaluation of the quality of the wine. Tastingbook points are formed by the Tastingbook algorithm which takes into account the wine ratings of the world's 50 best-known professional wine critics, wine ratings by thousands of tastingbook’s professionals and users, the generally recognised vintage quality and reputation of the vineyard and winery. Wine needs at least five professional ratings to get the Tb score. Tastingbook.com is the world's largest wine information service which is an unbiased, non-commercial and free for everyone.
Uutiset
2010 Overall impression: It is always difficult to talk objectively about one's children. This is what we have to do as winegrowers when we describe the new vintage every year: it is like our youngest child. This year, the key word will certainly be "balance". However, it was by no means easy. Once again, the various components in the grapes all beat their previous records, in quantitative terms. The winegrower's skill this year was in adaptin...
Viinin Kuvailu
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.
What s...
Wine Information
The 2010 Château Haut-Brion is a colossal, 100-point benchmark First Growth from what is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most structurally complete Bordeaux vintages of the 21st century. Composed of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, and 20% Cabernet Franc with a robust 14.6% ABV, it represents an extraordinary marriage of massive concentration, muscular tannin, and remarkable natural acidity.
Holding an absolute consensus 100-p...
Vuosikerta 2010
Drought and cool temperatures contribute to optimal ripeness
The sum of summer temperatures in 2010 was close to that of summer 2009 (962°C compared to 982°C), but significantly colder than those of 2005, which totaled 1052°C. These cool temperatures had a substantial influence on the balance of our wines, preserving a good level of acidity and an attractive aromatic freshness.
Very little precipitation (only 267 mm) from March to August...
Viinilasisuositus
Viinin keskihinta
| 2026 | 2020 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 660€ +11.9% | 590€ +9.3% | 540€ +8.7% | 497€ +8.0% | 460€ +2.2% | 450€ |
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.
