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2009 Château Haut-Bages Libéral, Pauillac, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (68%),Merlot (32%)
Ready - mature
Jancis Robinson MW
15.5/20
17/20
James Suckling
91-94/100
Robert Parker
92/100
Product: 20098014795
2009 Château Haut-Bages Libéral, Pauillac, Bordeaux

Description

With its fantastic texture and crunchy cassis fruit, Claire Villars-Lurton acquitted herself with honours with her 2009 Ch. Haut-Bages Libéral. This is a beautiful wine which wears its new oak seamlessly whilst a cleansing freshness and an intriguing earthy complexity add perfect balance. Punching well above its weight, this is destined to be a great value buy in 2009.
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2009
Maturity Ready - mature
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (68%),Merlot (32%)
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Château Haut-Bages Libéral

Critics reviews

Jancis Robinson MW 15.5/20
Sweet and oddly floral on the nose...? Plus a note of greenness. Rather simple and austere. Did this really ripen properly? jancis_robinson_mw MW - JancisRobinson.com - April 2010
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2010)
17/20
Black red, finely concentrated and rather tight black-currant fruit, a certain leafy leanness that is made up for by good middle concentration and length.
Decanter.com
James Suckling 91-94/100
Currant and mint, with hints of fresh herbs. Lovely complex nose already. Full-bodied, with supersilky tannins and a long, racy finish. Solid core of beautiful fruit. james_suckling - Wine Spectator - March 2010
James Suckling, WineSpectator.com (Mar 2010)
Robert Parker 92/100
Probably the finest Haut-Bages Liberal since the 1982, this beautifully rich wine has an inky purple color, a big, sweet kiss of creme de cassis, incense, some background spicy oak and forest floor. Its gorgeous fruit, full-bodied opulence, impressive purity, expansive texture and broad, savory finish make for a terrific wine to drink over the next 25+ years. robert_parker - Wine Advocate - Feb 2012
Robert Parker, RobertParker.com (Feb 2012)

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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Château Haut-Bages Libéral

Château Haut-Bages Libéral is a Fifth Growth in Pauillac owned and run by Claire Villars-Lurton and her husband Gonzague Lurton. It is one of the couple’s three Classified Growths in the Médoc with biodynamic certification, along with Château Durfort-Vivens and Château Ferrière. The 30-hectare property sits next door to Château Latour; the two are the only Pauillac estates with parcels of limestone soils, thought to lend elegance and finesse in a commune often known for power. The vineyard is planted to a majority of Cabernet Sauvignon, complemented by Merlot.
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