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Château Haut-Brion 2014

Château Haut-Brion, Bordeaux, France

Château Haut-Brion
Bordeaux France
  • 98
    Points
  • The 549 best
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  • 11 Pros of
    11 recommend
    this wine
856 98
  • Taste
  • Moment

  • Country ranking ?

    460

  • Producer ranking ?

    33

  • Decanting time

    6h

  • When to drink

    from 2025

  • Food Pairing

    Pork Tenderloin

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“The Château Haut-Brion 2014 is a blend of 50% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Franc and 39% Cabernet Sauvignon picked between 11 September and 10 October cropped at 42.9 hectoliters per hectare raised in 70% new oak (Jean-Philippe Delmas has been lowering the new oak in recent vintages.) The fruit seems a little “redder” than La Mission at this stage with vibrant wild strawberry, blackcurrant and a pinch of dry tobacco, a hint of menthol developing with...

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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...

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Wine Information

2014 was marked by an extraordinary Indian summer that saved the vintage. Fine spring weather was conducive to a good start to the growing season. However, challenging summer conditions seriously slowed down ripening. Fortunately, the month of September was absolutely beautiful, with dry, extremely sunny weather accompanied by highs of close to 30°C. This superb weather, with cool night-time temperatures, enabled the grapes to ripen beautifull...

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Vintage 2014

Bordeaux Vintage 2014 - is not a great vintage like 2005, 2009 or 2010 but it will be able to secure a position as one of the very good vintages of Bordeaux.

Generally scheduled between the end of March and the beginning of April, Primeur Week in Bordeaux is always an exciting time because it allows a first glimpse of the latest vintage. The sheer number of wines available for tasting is impressive and a week almost seems short. This is why...

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Tasting note

color

Deep and Ruby red

ending

Long, Flavorful and Vibrant

flavors

Voluptuous, Toasty, New-oak, Cassis, Chocolate and Spice

nose

Intense, Complex and Refined

recommend

Yes

taste

Average in Acidity, Warming, Medium tannin, Concentrated, Well-structured, Balanced, Youthful, Medium-bodied, Elegant, Refined, Firm and Silky tannins

Verdict

Sophisticated and Intelligent

Written Notes

The 2014 Haut Brion is a blend of 50% Merlot, 11% Cabernet Franc and 39% Cabernet Sauvignon picked between 11 September and 10 October, cropped at 42.9 hectoliters per hectare and raised in 70% new oak. As I observed when I made the comparison in barrel, the Haut Brion exudes more red fruit than La Mission Haut Brion, adorned with wild strawberry, bilberry, tobacco and again, just that hint of menthol in the background. The palate is very fresh and taut on the entry. The acidity is very nicely pitched and there is a touch of marmalade and blood orange that is tangible at the back of the mouth. There is real frisson to this Haut Brion, not quite as seductive and as smooth as its sibling over the road, but very persistent in the mouth. I noticed that over 15 to 20 minutes that the Haut Brion just gained more and more complexity, putting a small distance between itself and La Mission, as if determined to mock my opinion in barrel that La Mission would have the upper hand! Be my guest. Haut Brion has an inch, just an inch ahead of its "rival" sibling.

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  • 96p

Beautifully perfumed with rose petals, violets and currant bush. Full body, very silky tannins and bright acidity. Tannins are super fine-grained. Goes on for minutes. Racy and refined. Persistent. Drink in 2025.

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  • 97p

Deep colour. Fresh blackcurrant, wood varnish, dark plum dark chocolate aromas. Rich and voluminous with deep set dark plum, cassis flavours and plentiful dense chocolaty/ muscular tannins, cedar new oak notes. Finishes chewy firm and minerally with superb length of fruit. Impressively concentrated wine with density, richness and clarity. 96 points

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  • 96p
Tasted in March 2015. Cherry flavor all over, excellent acidity, great complexity, fat fruit and tannin, excellent structure and long fat finish. Very impressive wine indeed.
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  • 95p
2014 Haut-Brion- Deep ruby in color, sweet, fresh and concentrated with layers of lushly textured, sweet, red and black fruits, this wine is bolstered with smoke, tobacco and tar. Silky, smooth and concentrated with velvety tannins flowing with pure cassis, the freshness feels good on the palate and will only get better. The wine was made from a blend of 65.5% Merlot, 32.5% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Cabernet Franc. The wine reached 14.25% alcohol with a pH of 3.67. 94-96 Pts
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  • 95p
Deep purple red colour with violeht hue and almost black centre. Elegant but persistant nose with complex character, rich berry fruit, hints of vanilla and chocolate, elegant roasted flavours. On the palate complex and rich with sweet fruit, firm tannins, distinct minerality, excellent weight and length.
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  • 97p
Good looking normal size bottle. Colour is ruby red and deep. On the nose it is open, intense, wide, complex and refined. The taste is fresh, harmonious, focused, elegant, perfumed, vivid, firm, refined, with silky tannins, and average in acidity, medium-bodied, with balanced, well-integrated, well-structured, complex, concentrated structure and youthful. On the palate it is layered and has toasty, new-oak, chocolate, cassis, spice and violet flavours. The finish is long, lingering, flavorful and vibrant. This wine is sophisticated and intelligent. Perfectly stored bottles are still very worthy and will last well for another 10-15 years and decant at least over 4h before tasting.
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  • 93p
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Origin

Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Above Average

Value For Money

Very good

Investment potential

Below Average

Fake factory

None

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