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Wine Description
The Story
Château Haut-Brion is the oldest and by far the smallest of the "Premiers Grands Crus" vineyards of the Gironde 1855 classification. Château Haut-Brion is one of the few remaining family-owned domains of the Bordeaux region with a history going back to the 16th century. It has been owned by the American Dillon family since 1935.
There is an amazing dual hit of black fruit and fine-grained tannins here, which is rounded off with a wonde...
Wine Information
Château Haut-Brion’s tasting notes :
A VERY GOOD YEAR
Tannic and complex wines, very typical of the estate.
Excellent overall impression: well-blended tannin, much style, breed and power.
Weather conditions
Sum of temperatures : 2937 °C
Rain : 366 mm
Days where temperature above 30 °C : 3
Harvest : from 01/10/1979 to 11/10/1979
Current vintage notes
Rainy spring, hot in July, cool in August, but dry generally. Only three very h...
Vintage 1979
Bordeaux / The year 1979 partly repeated the 1978 vintage with a wet and cool spring, a hot summer, a cool and dry autumn. Dry whites did well this year while reds, particularly Cabernet Sauvignon, struggled to reach full physiological maturity. Once again, Mouton was a disappointment. The right bank did better with Merlot. The best wine of the vintage is the first Le Pin ever produced. Other excellent wines worth mentioning are La Mission Hau...
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Average Bottle Price
| 2016 | 2015 | 2013 | 2010 | 2005 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 314€ +8.3% | 290€ +4.3% | 278€ +21.9% | 228€ +79.5% | 127€ +14.4% | 111€ |
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.