Château Haut-Brion

Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend

9.6188 ratings
9.565 pro ratings
Pessac-Léognan, Graves, Bordeaux, France
Red Bordeaux Blend
Chili & Hot Spicy, Potato, White Rice, Mushrooms, Pasta, Pork, Salami & Prosciutto, Pungent Cheese, Lamb, Tomato-Based, Onion, Shallot, Garlic, Beef, Hard Cheese, Venison
Top Notes For
Conrad Green

This is all it’s meant to be. Great deep fruit. Some tar and tobacco and iron and gnarly pure fruit. So complex and involved. A punch of salinity and iodine on the finish. Great

This is all it’s meant to be. Great deep fruit. Some tar and tobacco and iron and gnarly pure fruit. So complex and involved. A punch of salinity and iodine on the finish. Great

Jun 3rd, 2026
Conrad Green

So gnarly and violet and intense. Iron and dark plum and leather with blood and forest floor. So complex and delicious

So gnarly and violet and intense. Iron and dark plum and leather with blood and forest floor. So complex and delicious

Oct 17th, 2025
Conrad Green

From mag. Meaty with dark gnarly fruit. Very pure and intense. Lovely savory midpalate. Amusing and long.

From mag. Meaty with dark gnarly fruit. Very pure and intense. Lovely savory midpalate. Amusing and long.

Oct 5th, 2024
Garen Staglin

Perfect. Complex nose. Nice mouth feel. Not many years left.

Perfect. Complex nose. Nice mouth feel. Not many years left.

Jan 18th, 2024
Conrad Green

Gorgeous plush spectacular fruit. Plum, deep sexy black cherry. Really lush and delicious. Great

Gorgeous plush spectacular fruit. Plum, deep sexy black cherry. Really lush and delicious. Great

Apr 14th, 2023
Peter van den Besselaar

Vintage 1989 | 3/4 transparant, Italian rooftiles brown rim. A very intense bouquet: cedar, forrest wood, laurel, flint, cherries, só multi layered you tend to smell endless. Powerful taste, prominent bitters, still too young imo, the taste comes together with the entrecôte, awesome harmony. A benchmark for wine lovers. Fine that HB delivers to mark a special moment! I bought this when my daughter was born | at restaurant Pollevie

Vintage 1989 | 3/4 transparant, Italian rooftiles brown rim. A very intense bouquet: cedar, forrest wood, laurel, flint, cherries, só multi layered you tend to smell endless. Powerful taste, prominent bitters, still too young imo, the taste comes together with the entrecôte, awesome harmony. A benchmark for wine lovers. Fine that HB delivers to mark a special moment! I bought this when my daughter was born | at restaurant Pollevie

Jul 25th, 2021
Ed Lehrman

Very good but was expecting more. Seemed a little tired.

Very good but was expecting more. Seemed a little tired.

Jun 5th, 2019
Mark Royer

Classic pencil, slight cedar, hint of bell pepper . Still going strong

Classic pencil, slight cedar, hint of bell pepper . Still going strong

Dec 13th, 2018
Matt Duncan

Much better than the last bottle. Cork was ideal and maintained round quality last bottle lacked. Still not quite as defined as the 1990 at this point, but a real treat all the same.

Much better than the last bottle. Cork was ideal and maintained round quality last bottle lacked. Still not quite as defined as the 1990 at this point, but a real treat all the same.

Jan 20th, 2018
Mike Saviage

Wanted to put up a future all-time great against two all-time great HBs... the 45 and the 61. Opened and decanted this 9 hours before serving. Light tawny color, translucent and darker than the other HBs. Intense nose with notes of black cherry, black raspberry, hickory, gravel, moist soil, some mocha and some menthol. Huge and powerful in the mouth. Still tannic and young at age 31. Almost port-like. This is easily a 75 year wine, like the 45 sitting next to it - a wine that it can probably surpass as it gains more age, weight, advanced notes and complexity. (Bday 11 of 13)

Wanted to put up a future all-time great against two all-time great HBs... the 45 and the 61. Opened and decanted this 9 hours before serving. Light tawny color, translucent and darker than the other HBs. Intense nose with notes of black cherry, black raspberry, hickory, gravel, moist soil, some mocha and some menthol. Huge and powerful in the mouth. Still tannic and young at age 31. Almost port-like. This is easily a 75 year wine, like the 45 sitting next to it - a wine that it can probably surpass as it gains more age, weight, advanced notes and complexity. (Bday 11 of 13)

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