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  • Country ranking ?

    531
  • Producer ranking ?

    3
  • Decanting time

    4h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035

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There are few places where terroir truly affects production but Château Haut-Bailly is definitely one of those. Château Haut-Bailly has a distinctive style that harmoniously combines classicism with modernity, elegance, finesse and softness with structure. The silky smoothness of the tannins echoes the elegant yet complex aromas.


Château Haut-Bailly has great ageing potential and consistently wins praise from experts who agree that it off...

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A great wine with excellent tension, very deep, intense purple colour with violet hue and black core. Very noble nose, well concentrated with a wonderfully perfumed character. Blackcurrants and elderberries, floral hints, mallow blossoms, hints of liquorice, subtle oak, very complex with impressing elegance. On the palate juicy fruit, strawberries, blackberries. Powerful structured with massive ripe tannins, appetizing freshness, combining the power of 2016 and 2018 with the freshness of 2019. Expressive fruit, elegant spiciness and fine oak in the background. A truly impressing wine. 

  • 98p

Château Haut-Bailly 2020 Barrel Sample (Pessac-Léognan); 96–98 points. This wine’s texture is exceptional, with powerful dark fruits and rich tannins blending seamlessly. All this density is cut with the finest spice and fresh acidity. The result is a wine that has both power and delicacy that gives a lift to the aftertaste. It will certainly age so well.

  • 98p

2020  Château Haut-Bailly Pessac-Léognan Deeply colored, the wine explodes with fresh flowers, tobacco leaf, cigar box, currants, blackberry, Allspice, licorice, savory herbs and smoke aromas. On the palate, the wine is intense, balanced, silky and refined. The fruits express purity, harmony, length and complexity, finishing with layers of currants, blackberry, herbs, pepper and plums that hold your focus for at least 50 seconds. Give this at least 10-12 years of age. It will evolve and provide sensuous tasting for at least 25 or more years after that. The wine blends 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot and 3% Cabernet Franc., 14.3% ABV, pH 3.9. The harvest took place September 9 to September 25. The Grand Vin was produced from 60% of the harvest. 2020 was the first vintage produced in their new cellars. 97-99  Pts

  • 99p

Haut Bailly - 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc 3% Petit Verdot. 14.3% alcohol. It was a potent and concentrated wine with a strong backbone, cigar box, mineral with evident graphite flavour, great structure, complexity, and length. Ripe but firmer tannin in 2020. Stupendous effort. 97p.

  • 97p
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Léognan, Pessac Leognan
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