Producer Notes
The only premier cru claret from the south side of the city of Bordeaux (although it is now pretty much in the suburbs of the city), Chateau Haut-Brion has an illustrious pedigree well back into the 17th century. The wine has also long been well-known in America, partly owing to its being the favourite wine of the great slave-owning liberal, Mr Thomas Jefferson.
The production is mainly of red wine (45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot, 10% Cabernet Frace) but the white wine (50%/50% Semillon/Sauvignon) is also renowned.
The red grand vin is in shorter supply than ever now, given the significant reduction in yields over recent decades, but fortuntely there is a reasonable quantity of older wine on the market and the wine ages excellently.
The white grand vin is now all but unaffordable due to its scarcity.
That leaves us normal mortals picking through old vintages looking for value, or drinking the second wine, once called Bahans Haut Brion but now called Le Clarence de Haut Brion. There’s also a second wine on the white side called La Clarte du Haut Brion Blanc.
In 1983 the owners of Chateau Haut-Brion re-acquired their long-time competitor after several hundred years of separation.
Delivery Notes
Please allow around 2 weeks for delivery of this wine.
Vintage Notes
2009 was an excellent vintage in Pessac-Léognan
2009 was an excellent vintage in Bordeaux
Other vintages of Chateau Haut-Brion
1995: £530
2000 (in Magnum): £1600
2000: £1000
2002: £420
2004 (in Magnum): £880
2004: £400
2013: £400
Other wines from Chateau Haut-Brion
1966 Blanc: £385
2005 Le Clarence de Haut-Brion: £115
2012 La Clarte de Haut-Brion Blanc: £72
2012 Le Clarence de Haut-Brion: £120
2014 Le Clarence de Haut-Brion: £120
2015 Le Clarence de Haut-Brion: £135
2016 Le Clarence de Haut-Brion: £130
2017 Le Clarence de Haut-Brion: £140
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