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Château Haut-Brion 1961

Château Haut-Brion, Bordeaux, Ranska

Château Haut-Brion
Bordeaux Ranska
  • 100
    Pistettä
  • The 72 best of the all Tb wines
  • 26 tasters of 26 recommend this wine
881 100
  • Maista
  • Viinihetki

  • Maakohtainen sijoitus ?

    57

  • Tuottajan sijoitus ?

    6

  • Dekantointi Aika

    3h

  • Viini on parhaimmillaan

    now to 2035

  • Ruokasuositus

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Ruokasuositus

Red meat dishes with robust and concentrated flavours.

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100 points Robert Parker: "The dark garnet-colored 1961 Haut-Brion is pure perfection, with gloriously intense aromas of tobacco, cedar, chocolate, minerals, and sweet red and black fruits complemented by smoky wood. This has always been a prodigious effort (it was the debut vintage for Jean Delmas). It is extremely full-bodied, with layers of viscous, sweet fruit. This wine is akin to eating candy. Consistently an astonishing wine!" (02/96) 9...

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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 1961 Château Haut-Brion is a legendary, towering First Growth celebrated as one of the undisputed triumphs of a historic, benchmark Bordeaux vintage. Born from a severely cold spring frost that drastically reduced yields—followed by a long, warm, and sun-drenched summer—the harvest produced berries of exceptional phenolic concentration and extraordinary structural density.

Revered by wine critics with a consensus 100-point status from ...

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Vuosikerta 1961

1961 - the greatest Bordeaux vintage ever?

I’m writing this during the en primeur campaign and notice that the Bordelais château-owners and négociants have been unusually quiet this year. I have followed this part of the market from a distance for close to 30 years now and have been told about a large number of “vintages of the century”. After the wines have been bottled and sold or the other way round, as the case is in Bordeaux, these cla...

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Viinin keskihinta

2026 2023 2018 2016 2015 2014 2013 2010 2005
3 690€ +15.0% 3 210€ +11.1% 2 890€ +21.4% 2 380€ +4.6% 2 276€ +11.4% 2 043€ +7.4% 1 902€ +0.6% 1 890€ +75.3% 1 078€

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.

Viiniarvio

color

Medium, Ruby red ja Dark

ending

Long, Round ja Extensive

flavors

Spice, Blackberry, Blackcurrant, Licorice, Leather ja Steely

nose

Intense, Round ja Complex

recommend

Yes

taste

High in Acidity, High tannin, Concentrated, Well-structured, Perfectly balanced, Full-bodied, Round, Rich, Fresh, Sweet ja Sweet tannins

Loppupäätelmä

Sophisticated ja Impressive

Kirjoita arviosi

The Rev was born in 1961, so a bunch of Bordeaux had to happen before the end of the night.  Now seemed like the right time, especially when a magnum of 1961 Haut Brion.  Its nose was the perfect blend of deep purple, chocolate, charcoal and tobacco.  ‘A little too young for you,’ Dr. Evil smiled, but I was more than content with its rich plum and chocolate flavors.  This was creamy, long and wealthy with long acidity.  ‘So good’ appeared in my notes repeatedly (98M).

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  • 98p
This spectacular vintage had a rough start due to a cold period at the end of May causing severe coulure. After a poor fruit set in late spring, the weather changed into very hot and dry for the summer, actually the driest on record. Very fine weather in September guaranteed ideal ripeness of grapes and extremely high concentration. The rainfall this year was almost half the average in Haut-Brion. Both of the two bottles were in good condition. Decanted for two hours. This is Haut-Brion at its best without a doubt. Very dark, garnet in colour. Gorgeously intense nose – exotic, sweet black fruits and oriental spices. Full-bodied, very well balanced with an excellent structure. This finely concentrated but generously open wine shows a lovely sweet, round and intense ending. A real joy of a wine.
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  • 97p

A complex wine that is still majestic, powerful and long. This bottle is more intense than other bottles I have tried in the past and the youthfulness and vigor is noticeable in the vibrant character and long finish. Beautiful wine that ranks as among the finest from Haut-Brion, along with their 1982 and 1989.

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  • 99p

The 1961 Haut-Brion is the third bottle of this wine that I have tasted in the last couple of weeks – no complaints there. It has a slightly more advanced bouquet with touches of game and oxtail infusing the black fruit, hints of black truffle and scorched leather. The palate is medium-bodied with a slightly gamey entry. Great length and girth here, although other bottles demonstrated more precision on the finish. On this occasion it is surpassed by the superior 1961s from Palmer and Latour, but a pristine bottle could give those a run for their money. Tasted at the 1961 dinner Chairman Miaow’s in Hong Kong.

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  • 97p

You have a lovely perfume of licorice, cedar and sage on the nose. This is another brilliant wine, opulence and power captivate on the opening. Sweet, succulent fruit, with hints of chocolate towards and just past the mid palate. The energy and focus of this wine is untouched by time, in fact enhanced by it. Mulberries and plums emerge, silkily smooth, and it is a masterclass of vibrant harmony on the layered, prodigious finish. 97 Points+

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  • 97p
Tasted in September 2006. Deep dark red. Smell of extracted coffee beans, port wine like and a bit peppery on the palate. It seemed that this bottle experienced a kind of heat shock during its storage before it's arrival at our tasting, because this vintage normally is superb for Haut Brion.
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The 1961 vintage – a frost affected year with a small crop – was another brilliant wine. This was a really richly concentrated wine with deepset mushroom/choco-mint aromas and flavours, fine loose-knit bony tannins and plenty of flavour length (97/100 points). Jean Delmas spoke of this vintage as a very challenging one, its fame perhaps emphasizing that great wine can never be made by over ripe grapes.
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  • 97p
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Tietoja

Alkuperä

Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux

Vuosikerran laatu

Extraordinary

Hintansa arvoinen

Erittäin hyvä

Sijoituspotentiaali

Erittäin hyvä

Väärennösriski

Pieni mahdollisuus

Viinin kestävyys lasissa

2h

Tuottajan muut viinit

Château Haut-Brion Blanc

La Clarté de Haut-Brion

Le Clarence de Haut-Brion

Plantiers de Haut-Brion

Sisäpiiritietoa

Wine Advocate #103
Feb 1996		 Robert M. Parker, Jr. 100 Drink: 1994 - 2000 $1650-$5647
The 1961 Haut-Brion was pure perfection, with gloriously intense aromas of tobacco, cedar, minerals, and sweet red and black fruits complemented by smoky wood. This has always been a prodigious effort (it was the debut vintage for Jean Delmas). 

The notes for this wine are taken from the description of Series IV - Flight D of the 1995 tasting conducted in Munich by Helga and Hardy Rodenstock. Many years after the tasting from which this note derives allegations were made concerning the authenticity of old and rare bottles of wine sold by Hardy Rodenstock to collectors around the world. The matter has been the subject of numerous articles, litigation and at least one book. Mr. Parker believes that the wines served to him at this tasting were authentic so this note and the others from that specific tasting continue to be posted on eRobertParker.com.
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