Frankrike

Sauvignon Blanc

Sémillon

Ch. Haut-Brion

Chateau Haut-Brion Blanc Pessac-Leognan

Bordeaux

Pessac-Léognan

White wine of the vintage, huge depth, makes you want to stop and tell your friends. Citrus, slate, nuanced green apple, white pear, citrus, sage and gunsmoke, all beautifully drawn out through the palate, gorgeous depths from first to last moment, an impressive white that rises vertically. Harvest September 3 to 13. 44% new oak, with lees stirring once a week. 30hl/h yield because some vines impacted by frost. Jean-Philippe Delmas estate director.

Inside Bordeaux

The 2021 Haut-Brion Blanc is very closed at this stage, needing a lot of shaking to uncover notes of yuzu, freshly squeezed lemons, lime blossoms, and struck flint, plus hints of wet pebbles and candle wax. The medium-bodied palate is tight-knit and intense, delivering layers of citrus, mineral, and floral notes, with a racy backbone, finishing with long, lingering, chalky notes.

by Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW

Palest gold in colour, beautiful quality, has intensity and grip, it hugs on to the palate, delivering white peaches, pear, apple orchard, fragrant and charming, with a sweet apricot puree and bitter fennel on the finish. Acidity and structure a little more pronounced here than on La Mission, clearly will go the distance, if a touch less charming right now. 40% new oak, harvest September 2 to 10. 3.22ph. 38hl/h yield

WSET 1

Nectarine, peach pit, biscuit, liquorice root, charcoal, gunsmoke, this is a thoroughly well structured white wine that has 3.3ph, a little higher than in some vintages but delivers grip, freshness, complexity and ageing ability. 41.9% new oak. Harvest August 16 to 23.

A blend of 71.4% Sauvignon Blanc and 28.6% Semillon, the 2020 Haut-Brion Blanc races out with vibrant notes of lime juice, yuzu zest, and lemongrass, followed by suggestions of beeswax, wet slate, sea spray, and fennel seed. The medium-bodied palate offers a wonderfully satiny texture with beautifully balanced acidity cutting through the intense, tightly wound layers, finishing long and minerally. 

White pear, peach pit, grated ginger and bitter fennel give both impact and power on the opening beats. There is an austerity to the citrus fruit in the mid palate that is just delicious, and it shows real weight and structure - zero worries about putting this away and coming back to it in three, four, five years time or more. A serious white wine that is cleverly and skilfully crafted. 40% new oak, bottled with a Diam cork since 2017.

After a summer as hot and dry as 2018, the almost biting Sauvignon Blanc character of the Haut-Brion Blanc is welcome, especially when given the gunsmoke edge that you find here. Plenty of depth and complexity, with white pear, mango, pineapple, citrus and grilled almond that deepen as the wine opens. The Mission Haut-Brion Blanc could have been included here also, but I give the Haut-Brion Blanc the slight edge in this particular vintage. 50% new oak.

The complexity is evident from the first time you approach the nose - this is candied lemon, wax, quince, cut through the sharper citrus peel and gooseberry. Just a gorgeous white wine at the stage where everything is fully open, with hints of tertiary, but still full of freshness, and with huge length through the palate. 3.2ph. Harvest August 28 to September 10, 45% new barrel.

The stand out First Growth in my recent retasting of the 2005s, and again here it blew us all away. This was a drought year, with almost no rain from May to October, but never excessively hot, and the balance is evident. The slightly dry tannins that affected many 2005s when young were never such a problem on the warm soils at Haut-Brion, and this is generous, exceptionally nuanced and flavourful, with vivid black cherry and cassis fruits, riven through with liqourice, cocoa bean, pomegranate, sage, cocoa bean and luscious acidities. Jean-Phillip Delmas winemaker, two years into his tenure at the time after taking over from his father Jean-Bernard Delmas in 2003. 100% new oak.

Dufter av sursøte kirsebær, lys sjokolade, ecalyptus, moden rød livlig frukt med delikate jordlige noter

Smaker av sort jordbær, kirsebær, lakris, lys tobakk, ecalyptus, salvie, flott konsentrasjon, med en livlighet til alderen å være. Flott lengde med en syrefrisk utgang 

Expert

Pale golden colored, the 1964 Haut-Brion Blanc has a spectacular nose of candied orange peel, toasted almonds, preserved kumquats, and lemongrass, followed by wafts of cedar chest and talc. The medium-bodied palate has a satiny texture and racy line supporting layer upon layer of preserved citrus fruit flavors, finishing long and minerally. I tasted two different bottles of this simultaneously, and this note is based on the fresher bottle, although the other bottle was just slightly more evolved. Simply breath-taking!

Imponerende lys farge - meget delikat nese med stikkelsbær og voks - oljete silkemyk tekstur, ren, frisk, spice, salt, stein/skifer, sublim eleganse, meget lang - imponert (97)

Kategori	Hvitvin
Polnummer	18696901
Produsent	Ch. Haut-Brion
Årgang	2021
Land	Frankrike, Bordeaux, Pessac-Léognan
Flaskestørrelse	75 cl

Alkoholnivå	14 %
Syre	4,7 %
Sukker	< 3 g/l

Innpakning	Glass
Korktype	Naturkork
Utvalg	Bestillingsutvalget
Grossist	Belmonte Beverage Group As
Transportør	Skanlog AS