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2015 Château Haut-Brion Blanc, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux

  • White
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Sauvignon Blanc (69%),Sémillon (31%)
Ready - youthful
Neal Martin MW
94-96/100
James Suckling
96-97/100
Jane Anson MW
96/100
Product: 20151017092
2015 Château Haut-Brion Blanc, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux

Description

There are lovely aromas of citrus and white fruit on the nose, combined with an overriding minerality, density and power. This is lovely and precise, floral and verbena-like on the nose. There are layers and layers of fruit and it is all tightly packed together. It makes a big impact, but is able to balance everything thanks to a very fine structure. Some grass is evident on the nose and stone fruit on the palate, where zesty fruit lingers.
Colour White
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2015
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Sauvignon Blanc (69%),Sémillon (31%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Haut-Brion Blanc

Critics reviews

Neal Martin MW 94-96/100
The 2015 Haut Brion Blanc is a blend of 69% Sauvignon Blanc and 31% Semillon that was picked between 28 August and 7 September. Like the 2015 La Mission Haut Brion Blanc, the bouquet was quite backward despite rigorous aeration, reluctantly proffering aromas of lime, citrus lemon, gooseberry and a touch of tinned peach. The palate is very well balanced with a fine line of acidity, perhaps even more tensile and precise than the 2015 La Mission Haut-Brion with greengage, citrus lemon and a touch of pineapple furnishing the long finish. This is a beautifully crafted Haut Brion Blanc that will reward those with the nous to cellar it for 10-15 years. Neil Martin - Wine Advocate #224 - April 2016
Neal Martin MW, RobertParker.com (Apr 2016)
James Suckling 96-97/100
Dense and very powerful with reserve and seamless phenolic. Full body, sliced apple and lemon rind. So long and flavorful. A beautiful and balanced wine. Undertones of oyster shell and stone. Excellent as always. james_suckling - jamessuckling_com - Apr 2016
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Apr 2016)
Jane Anson MW 96/100
An outstanding white. 69% Sauvignon Blanc, 31% Semillon with a pH of 3.14 (the lowest since 2010). This is focused and stunningly aromatic, even though Jean-Philippe Delmas is happy to call this a red wine year for the château. That may be so, but this is a beautiful wine: textured, taut and pointedly searching, with great structure and integrity to the citrus fruit and vertical lift on the finish. Clearly going to age beautifully. 14.3%abv. Drink: 2018-2030 jane_anson_mw - decanter.com - April 2016
Jane Anson MW, Decanter.com (Apr 2016)

About this wine

Sauvignon Blanc

An important white grape in Bordeaux and the Loire Valley that has now found fame in New Zealand and now Chile. It thrives on the gravelly soils of Bordeaux and is blended with Sémillon to produce fresh, dry, crisp  Bordeaux Blancs, as well as more prestigious Cru Classé White Graves. It is also blended with Sémillon, though in lower proportions, to produce the great sweet wines of Sauternes. It performs well in the Loire Valley and particularly on the well-drained chalky soils found in Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé, where it produces bone dry, highly aromatic, racy wines, with grassy and sometimes smoky, gunflint-like nuances.
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Chateau Haut-Brion Blanc

Chateau Haut Brion is located in the bustling suburb of Pessac on the outskirts of Bordeaux, this 45-hectare 1er Cru Classé property was the only property outside of the Médoc and Sauternes to be included in the 1855 Classifcation. The vineyards (Red: Cabernet Sauvignon 45%; Merlot 37%; Cabernet Franc 18%; White: Semillon 63%; Sauvignon Blanc 37%) lie on large (up to 18 metres deep in places) gravel banks interspersed with clay.
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