Haut Brion 1962

Haut Brion 1962

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  • Vinous rating 93
  • Robert Parker rating 88
Haut Brion 1962
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75 cl

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Château Haut-Brion is based in Pessac-Léognan and is one of the most highly revered wine-producing estates in the world, renowned for making wines of immense concentration, complexity and longevity. A lovely find from the 1962 vintage, look for dark fruit character accompanied by spicy, herbal aromatics.
93 Vinous
The 1962 Haut-Brion can be a sublime experience. It is a wine that I have tasted twice before, bottles now increasingly scarce. Deep in colour, such is the opulence on the nose that initially I thought it could be the 1982. That initial exuberance subsides to reveal aromatics not a million miles away in style from the 1961s albeit without such a potent marine influence. Vestiges of dark fruit, black olive, just a hint of brine all beautifully defined, it grows in stature for the first 20 minutes and then ebbs. The palate is very well balanced with fine tannin. This feels so harmonious and whilst not as powerful as the 1961, there is something so natural and understated about this follow-up. The estuarine influence does become stronger towards the finish, just gliding to its denouement. This was Jean-Bernard Delmas’ second vintage at the helm of Haut-Brion. What a way to begin an illustrious career. Tasted blind at a private dinner in Bordeaux.Neal Martin1st July 2018

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Pessac Leognan's Only First Growth

Grapes are thought to have been grown on the Haut-Brion estate in Pessac-Léognan since the Roman era, while the first recorded mention of the property is in 1423. The wine has had a long, illustrious history and is famously mentioned by Samuel Pepys in his diary of 1663. Nowadays, Haut Brion is considered by many to be one of the finest wines in the world and was ranked in the First Growth category during the 1855 classification of Bordeaux wines.

Renowned for its first wine (40% of production), Haut Brion, the estate also produces a spectacular second wine from young vines, Le Clarence de Haut Brion, in addition to a white, Château Haut-Brion Blanc, the Clarendelle branded wines and a second white, La Clarté de Haut Brion (which also takes grapes from La Mission). Spanning 53 hectare, the estate is planted to 50 hectares red varieties and 3 hectares white. The reds produced are beautifully balanced and complex, often around 14% abv and made from a blend of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, typically aged in 80% new oak. The Haut-Brion Blanc meanwhile is a Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc blend, produced in small quantities and aged in a mix of new and one-year oak.

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