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Le Clarence de Haut-Brion, the second wine of Château Haut-Brion, is skilfully assembled from vats that do not quite align with the final blend of Haut-Brion itself. Since 2007, it bears the name Le Clarence de Haut-Brion, as a tribute to Clarence Dillon, the purchaser of Haut-Brion in 1934. The 2020 vintage evokes aromas of dark berries, rose petals, cigar wrapper, and smouldering embers. On the palate, it offers a medium to full-bodied, luscious, and multi-layered profile. The wine culminates in a long, subtly kirsch-infused finish.
The 2020 Le Clarence de Haut-Brion has a very finely delineated, concentrated and generous bouquet with layers of red and black fruit, pressed violets and cedar. The palate is medium-bodied with silky tannins, very poised and pure, with an almost Burgundian allure toward the finish. This should age beautifully in bottle. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting. — Neal Martin, 12th November 2024
93Jane Anson
Concentrated spice notes, seductive texture of slate and satin, with aromatics of incense, rosemary, cut herbs. These are big tannins that are fully ripe, cradling the blackberry fruit and christmas pudding spice. A serious wine but one with a smile on its face. — Jane Anson, 15th February 2023
93The Wine Independent
Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2020 Le Clarence de Haut-Brion offers up classic scents of juicy plums and cassis with nuances of pencil shavings, crushed rocks, and underbrush. The medium to full-bodied palate is finely crafted, with tight-knit black fruits and earthy accents bound within, and a firm, grainy texture and compelling freshness, finishing long and earthy. — Lisa Perrotti-Brown, 12th March 2023
92Robert Parker
The 2020 Le Clarence de Haut-Brion exhibits attractive aromas of dark berries, rose petals, cigar wrapper and burning embers, followed by a medium to full-bodied, fleshy and layered palate that's rich, seamless and enveloping, with an open, expressive profile and a long, subtly kirsch-inflected finish. — William Kelley, 6th April 2023
16Jancis Robinson
Tasted blind. Deep crimson. Lots of pure dark fruit and just slightly charry/spiced by the oak. Plush, fresh and polished, really smooth even though there is power underlying the fruit. (JH) — Julia Harding, 24th January 2024
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Chateau Haut-Brion
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.
