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Château Haut-Brion 2015

Château Haut-Brion, Bordeaux, France

Château Haut-Brion
Bordeaux France
  • 100
    Points
  • The 14 best
    of 3 290 954
    wines globally
  • 54 Pros of
    56 recommend
    this wine
852 100
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  • Moment

  • Country ranking ?

    12

  • Producer ranking ?

    3

  • Decanting time

    3h

  • When to drink

    from 2025

  • Food Pairing

    Sausage Stuffed Quail with Balsamic Jus & Roasted Garlic Potato Cake

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The 2015 Haut Brion, a blend of 50% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 42% Cabernet Sauvignon, was picked between 8 September and 5 October, and is matured in the same level of new oak (78%) and IPT (75) as the La Mission. It has a heavenly bouquet that like the La Mission bestows instant gratification - a veritable kaleidoscope of aromas so crystalline that you can pick them out one by one: dark plum, ...

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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

The 2015 vintage: Following in the footsteps of the greatest vintages

Spring 2015 (April, May, and June) was very dry. This was conducive to excellent flowering conditions, both quick and even. July was also a dry month. The effects of water stress were obvious in plots with the youngest vines.  Fortunately, it finally rained on July 26th (14 mm), which gave a new impetus to the young Merlot vines and enabled véraison, or colour change, to ...

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Vintage 2015

Full report of Bordeaux 2015 by Andrew Caillard MW “Next in line in a great series of vintages; 2000, 2005, 2009, 2010 and 2015.

 

2015 is a wonderful Bordeaux vintage without the hype or hysteria associated with 2009 and 2010. The wines are generally expressive and generous with wonderful concentration and structure. Given another year in barrel, the wines should gain more complexity and fruit volume. Châteaux, in all sub-regions, are e...

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31 tasting notes

Tasting note

color

Full and Cherry Red

ending

Endless

flavors

Vanilla, Toasty, Cedar, Earthy, Mineral and Floral

nose

Wide, Complex and Seductive

recommend

Yes

taste

High in Acidity, Warming, Medium tannin, Multi-dimensional, Developing, Medium-bodied, Harmonious, Elegant, Fresh, Dry and Drying tannins

Verdict

Masterpiece

Written Notes

Good looking normal size bottle. Colour is cherry red and full. On the nose it is wide, seductive and complex. The taste is fruity, fresh, full,voluptuous, elegant, perfumed, and dry, warming, with medium tannin, with drying tannins, and high in acidity, medium-bodied, with multi-dimensional structure and developing. On the palate it is layered and has floral, toasty, vanilla, cedar, mineral, balsamic and earthy flavours. The finish is endless. This wine is masterpiece. I paid around 500-1k€ a bottle. Perfectly stored bottles are still very worthy and will last well for another 20-30 years and decant at least 30min before tasting. Good value for money. I do recommend.  BRUTAL 

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  • 99p

This is all about seduction and beauty with tobacco, berries, tea and wet earth. Full-bodied, round and sexy. Love the polished and beautiful tannins. Racy and refined. Try in 2023.

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  • 98p

The 2015 Haut Brion, a blend of 50% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 42% Cabernet Sauvignon, was picked between 8 September and 5 October, and is matured in the same level of new oak (78%) and IPT (75) as the La Mission. It has a heavenly bouquet that like the La Mission bestows instant gratification - a veritable kaleidoscope of aromas so crystalline that you can pick them out one by one: dark plum, blackcurrant, Kalamata olive and graphite. It is tempting to just nose this all day. The palate has an indescribably stunning balance and like the La Mission, there is a paradoxical sense of intensity married to weightlessness. Everything here is so precise, so pure and yet as it crescendos towards the finish, it offers a profundity that is unmatched across Bordeaux in this vintage. Having had the pleasure of many great wines from this estate in the past - 1945, 1955, 1959, 1961 and 1989 - the 2015 belongs among that pantheon.

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  • 98p

Ruby. Cassis, anise, blackberries, spices, dark fruity nose, intense, detailed and layered, minerals nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fruity, layered, dense, spices, incredible balance and richness of details. Just goes on and on, and on. Drink 2030-2080. 98

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  • 98p

50% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc, 42% Cabernet Sauvignon. Picked 8 September to 5 October. Much more aromatic than La Mission. Lovely silky tannins but masses of them. Very strict and savoury. Really dense but manages to be expressive and convincing. A megalith. 18.5/20 points (4/2016)

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  • 93p
2015 Haut Brion - 50% Merlot, 42% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8% Cabernet Franc, alcohol level landed at 14.9%. This wine was similar to 2014 LMHB but with fatter tannin and with slightly longer finish. Incredibly aromatic nose, voluptuous on the palate, well-defined and precise. Great, great vintage we have here. Reminds a lot of 2005 vintage. 97p.
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  • 97p
Dark purple red with violet hue and black core. Initially quite closed character, opening up towards complex aroma reminiscent of blackcurrants and elderberries, distinct minerality, graphite and elegant roasting aroma, hints of dark chocolate in the background. On the palate well structured with precise tannins, well matured, velvety character on the palate with excellent length and complex finish. A great wine with freshness, complexity and appetising tension of flavours.
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  • 98p
Deep colour. Dark plum graphite aromas with black olive mocha notes. Rich and voluminous with dark plum graphite elderberry flavours, plentiful chalky/ gravelly textures, supple almost velvety mid palate and plenty of flavour length. Al dente grippy finish. Very good potential. 96 points
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  • 96p
Haut Brion Pessac Leognan - 50% Merlot 8% Cabernet Franc 42% Cabernet Sauvignon Very deep, the nose is refined but very subtle compared to the La Mission, no hint of alchohol even though it is 14.9%! Very fresh on the palate, coating the mouth with dusty tannins as it goes, quite a sizeable block here, but supple too, massive spicy length, goes on and on, Szechuan pepper, zingy, quite brilliant, this will certainly be a candidate for wine of the vintage, and a great Haut Brion. 96-99/100, 2030-2060
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Origin

Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Excellent

Value For Money

Very good

Investment potential

Good

Fake factory

None

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