4/5

fruit

5/5

body

4/5

acidity

5/5

tannin

0/5

sweetness

Haut Brion

2016 {(currentVariant.size?' | ':'')} {( currentVariant.size )}

Various vintages

Black fruit / Lavender / Mineral / Rich / Spice / Violet

Pessac Leognan, Graves, Bordeaux, France

Red

Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

Cellar

1st Growth

VN 100 WA 100

Bright red with garnet-red and purple highlights. The nose is very expressive and complex: a combination of red and black fruit, violets, etc., plus a remarkable impression of freshness! The wine starts out full-bodied and juicy on the palate, then develops with incredible refinement, showing rich tannin and plenty of volume, but no aggressiveness. The wine is broad-based and thick, but not heavy. Not a hair out of place, nothing to excess.

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meat:
Beef, Game, Sausages

cheese:
Blue cheese, Goat cheese

Reviewer: Antonio Galloni

The 2016 Haut-Brion is quite possibly even more magnificent from bottle than it was from barrel. Powerful and rich, yet not at all heavy, the 2016 is a wine of nearly indescribable beauty. Haut-Brion is often a thrilling wine, but it is rarely this finessed in its youth. Gravel, cure meat, tobacco and cedar are some of the many nuances that develop with air, but it is an extraordinary sense of harmony that really stands out. What a wine!

4/5