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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
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...
