| Region | |
|---|---|
| Subregion | France > Bordeaux > Left Bank > Pessac-Léognan |
| Colour | White |
| Type | Still |
The undisputed king of Bordeaux's dry white wines. Produced in miniscule quantities. The 2.8 hectare vineyard rarely makes much more than 500 dozen bottles a year from a blend of around 2/3 Semillon and 1/3 Sauvignon Blanc. The precise 2018 blend is 80.6% Sauvignon Blanc, 19.4% Semillon.
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This is crazy quality. The depth and intensity is really something. It is so compact and powerful with such intensity and density. Energy. So structured. Full-bodied. Layered and superb. Like a great Montrachet from a great vintage, but so Haut Brion. Speechless. Perfect wine.
The 2019 Haut-Brion Blanc is richer and rounder than its stablemate across the street, bursting with aromas of peaches, citrus zest, ripe orchard fruit, pastry cream and white flowers. Full-bodied, broad and textural, it's ample and enveloping, with a demonstrative core of fruit, lively acids and a long, saline finish.Drink Date 2021 - 2041
From: Bordeaux 2019: The Southwold Tasting (Feb 2023)
The 2019 Haut-Brion Blanc has a well-defined bouquet with neatly integrated oak, fine focus with more tension than many of its peers. Pedigree here. The palate is well-balanced, tensile from start to finish, with fine focus and mineralité, and palpable energy throughout. Grand Vin! Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting.
- By Neal Martin on January 2023
Drink 2025 - 2060
Composed of 64.4% Sauvignon Blanc and 35.6% Semillon, the 2019 Haut-Brion Blanc needs a bit of shaking to wake up intense notes of lime leaves, fresh green apples, and wet slate, followed by hints of salted almonds and coriander seed. The medium to full-bodied palate has a satiny texture and restrained citrus and mineral layers, finishing long and steely. This is certainly more muted than when Iast tasted, which is the typical aging curve for this wine. Give it a good 3-5 years more in bottle, at least, then drink it over the next 20-years+.
White pear, peach pit, grated ginger and bitter fennel give both impact and power on the opening beats. There is an austerity to the citrus fruit in the mid palate that is just delicious, and it shows real weight and structure - zero worries about putting this away and coming back to it in three, four, five years time or more. A serious white wine that is cleverly and skilfully crafted. 40% new oak, bottled with a Diam cork since 2017.
The 2019 Château Haut-Brion Blanc is a more Sauvignon Blanc-dominated white that includes 36% Semillon. Its light gold hue is followed by a bright, racy Sauvignon nose of crushed limes, caramelized grapefruit, white flowers, and subtle minerality. It's incredibly pure, vibrant, and crystalline on the nose. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied and shows the richer side of the vintage with good mid-palate density, bright, juicy, clean acidity, flawless balance, and a great finish. It's a beautiful, elegant, seamless Blanc that will evolve for 20 or 30 years if well stored. Bravo!
The 2019 Haut-Brion Blanc is well defined on the nose, though I would not rank it among the most complex that I have encountered in recent years. Scents of wild peach, Nashi pear and a touch of chamomile emerge with time, and the oak is neatly integrated. The well-balanced palate displays a fine bead of acidity and very good weight. Much spicier than the La Clarté, with a persistent, ginger-infused finish. Very fine. Drink 2024-2048.
The 2019 Haut-Brion Blanc is cut from a different cloth to the La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc. Taciturn initially, it then delivers intense green apple, gooseberry, honeysuckle and grass clipping aromas that are extremely well delineated. The palate is magnificently balanced with just the right amount of salinity. It has slightly more energy than its aforementioned sibling. The finish is tensile and light spiced with a very persistent aftertaste. This is one of the best Haut-Brion Blanc that I have encountered out of barrel
2030 - 2075
The 2019 Haut-Brion Blanc is a blend of 64.4% Sauvignon Blanc and 35.6% Semillon. It opens with intense scents of pink grapefruit, green mango, and lemon curd, giving way to suggestions of lime blossoms and crushed stones. Medium to full-bodied, the palate explodes with citrus and savory layers plus a satiny texture and fantastic tension, finishing long with lots of enticing exotic fruit layers and great opulence.
This Haut-Brion 2019 Blanc is a blend of 64.4% Sauvignon Blanc and 35.6% Semillon, harvested from the 29th of August to the 9th of September. The estimated label alcohol degree is 14%. The nose is quite subdued to begin, soon unfurling to offer fragrant scents of orange blossoms, white peaches and lime cordial with hints of oyster shell, fresh ginger, pomelo and kumquat plus a suggestion of jasmine. The medium to full-bodied palate has a seducing hint of oiliness texturing the intense citrus and chalky layers, lifted by bold freshness and finishing with incredible length and perfume. Just stunning.
Jean-Philippe Delmas compares this to the excellent 2017 and likens it to a modern 1993. The 2019 is a blend of 64.4% Sauvignon Blanc and 35.6% Semillon, with an estimated abv of 14%. We were unable to taste the wine before release in 2019.
