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2022 Château Haut-Brion, 1er Cru Pessac-Léognan
Tasted April 2023. The 99th vintage for the Delmas family here. Dark and powerful with blackberry, black plum fruit, as well as some more aromatic blueberry notes, and tons of spice with incense and clove. There's a saline, mineral, stony feel on the palate too and grainy, grippy tannins. This gets more complex and focused as time goes on.
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- Case of 6 x 75cl0in basket
- 75cl Bottle0in basket
Wine specification
- ProducerChâteau Haut-Brion
- ColourRed Wine
- SweetnessDry
- Region & CountryGraves, Bordeaux, France
- ABV14.5%
- MaturityYoung 2030 – 2065
- StyleStill Wine
- ClassificationPremier Cru
Product Description
Tasted April 2023. The 99th vintage for the Delmas family here. Dark and powerful with blackberry, black plum fruit, as well as some more aromatic blueberry notes, and tons of spice with incense and clove. There's a saline, mineral, stony feel on the palate too and grainy, grippy tannins. This gets more complex and focused as time goes on.
Critic Scores
96/100 – Jane Anson, janeanson.com
08/05/2023
Stately, inky colour, this is impressively vivid and energetic despite the intensity of the construction. Fresh fig character, black chocoate, cinnammon, turmeric, creamy bilberry and blackberry fruits, with clove and sandalwood spice, and a slow build of texture and contrast from the slate tannins as they draw out the flavours. Harvest August 29-19 September. 3.9ph. Less Cabernet Sauvignon than usual due to tiny yields,
96-98/100 – Jeb Dunnuck, jebdunnuck.com
01/05/2023
Slightly better than its sibling La Mission Haut-Brion, the 2022 Château Haut-Brion has a full-bodied, concentrated, structured style that's going to demand bottle age. Cassis, graphite, scorched earth, and tobacco are just some of its nuances aromatically, and it shows the ripe, powerful style of the vintage. There are lots of tannins here, especially on the finish, and it's going to need 7-8 years in the cellar.
95-97/100 – Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate , Issue #266
28/04/2023
The 2022 Haut-Brion shows considerable promise, revealing aromas of dark berries and plums mingled with notions of pencil lead, licorice, tobacco leaf, spices and incense. Full-bodied, broad and seamless, it's rich and muscular, with a deep, layered core of fruit framed by an ample endowment of tannin. This blend of 53.6% Merlot, 35.4% Cabernet Sauvignon and 11% Cabernet Franc, the result is a lip-smacking exemplification of controlled power. Analytically, the 2022 possesses a similar level of tannins to the 2010, and a similar pH to the 2009, yet it is more suave and polished than the 2010 at the same stage, and seemingly more dynamic than the 2009.
98-99/100 – James Suckling, jamessuckling.com
19/04/2023
Currants and cedar with sandalwood and peaches. Fascinating aromas. Violets. Full-bodied with a crunchy and electric palate of primary fruit, with hints of tangerines and citrus. Great finish with structure and polish. 53.6% merlot, 35.4% cabernet sauvignon and 11% cabernet franc. Interesting to have such high merlot in the blend.
97-99/100 – Antonio Galloni, vinous.com
01/04/2023
The 2022 Haut-Brion comes across as a bit restrained, given the natural opulence of the year and the other wines in the Clarence Dillon portfolio. Deep and wonderfully layered, the 2022 possesses remarkable depth but also a bit less of the explosive energy that is such a Haut-Brion signature. I suspect that will come in time, as the 2022 starts to show quite a bit better with a little aeration. Violet, gravel, incense, leather, tobacco and scorched earth linger. Superb.