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2007 Château Haut-Bailly, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (70%),Merlot (26%),Cabernet Franc (4%)
Ready - at best
Jancis Robinson MW
16.5/20
17/20
Neal Martin MW
92/100
James Lawther MW
16/20
Jane Anson MW
93/100
Product: 20078006996
2007 Château Haut-Bailly, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux

Description

Manager Véronique Sanders and Technical Director Gabriel Vialhard have worked wonders here, catapulting Haut-Bailly into the very highest echelon of Bordeaux wines. The 2007 is as silky-textured and seductive as ever with refined, creamy black cherry and redcurrant fruit and a powerful yet feminine charm. The nose is more serious than usual with ripe raspberries and coffee hints, while the famous Haut Bailly terroir bursts through on the finish alongside firm, supple tannins and intense, minerally fruit. Made with more Cabernet Sauvignon (70%) than usual, this is another absolutely irresistible Haut-Bailly.
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2007
Maturity Ready - at best
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (70%),Merlot (26%),Cabernet Franc (4%)
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Château Haut-Bailly

Critics reviews

Jancis Robinson MW 16.5/20
Diffuse bouquet already on the nose - low key but intriguing. A hint of oak - definitely not speciously sweet. Quite succulent fruit but a very dry finish. Confident even if not especially concentrated jancis_robinson_mw - www.JancisRobinson.com - Apr 08
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2008)
17/20
Deep ruby. Coconut oak nose. Savoury, mineral fruit, with good intensity of flavour. Good persistence. Very nice, well handled. Mid-term.
Decanter.com
Neal Martin MW 92/100
Tasted at BI Wine & Spirits' 10-Year-On tasting, the 2007 Haut Bailly has a beautiful, quintessential Pessac bouquet with touches of warm gravel filtering through the black fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with impressive, tightly knit black fruit laced with cedar and white pepper. There is superb weight in this 2007 considering the vintage, doling out fine mineralit on the persistent finish. Very fine, but I would actually wait another couple of years before broaching. Tasted February 2017.Neil Martin - 30/06/2017
Neal Martin MW, (Jun 2017)
James Lawther MW 16/20
70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc.Red to rim. Light and airy with pleasant red-berry aromatics. Medium-bodied and round with gentle tannins. Lacks the intensity and structure of a top year but very digeste. Good luncheon claret.james_lawther MW, JancisRobinson.com (Mar 2020)
James Lawther MW, JancisRobinson.com (Mar 2020)
Jane Anson MW 93/100
Perfect for drinking now but sure to last for another decade or more. The aromatics of this are just gorgeous, unfurling in the glass to show russet and undergrowth, liquorice, soft black chocolate and savoury but welcoming berry fruit. This 2007 vintage saw a cool summer but a warm September and October, meaning careful work in the vineyard and patience was necessary. Underestimated on release. The wines might not have the structure for long ageing as with 2010 or 2000, but they are blossoming right now, and offer great pleasure; classic balance.Drink 2020 - 2038jane_anson_mw, Decanter.com (Jul 2020)
Jane Anson MW, Decanter.com (Jul 2020)

About this wine

Cabernet Sauvignon

The most famous red wine grape in the world and one of the most widely planted.
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Chateau Haut-Bailly

Château Haut-Bailly is a Graves Cru Classé estate that has really hit form in the last 5-7 years. Haut-Bailly was bought by the Sanders family in 1955 and was run by Jean Sanders until 1998 when Robert G. Wilmers, an American banker, purchased it. It is located in the commune of Léognan, which is usually more associated with white wine production.
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