Chateau Haut Brion 2006

96/100 PP

"The 2006 Haut-Brion performed even better from bottle than it did from barrel. Sixty-four percent of the production went into this wine, and while it displays the vintage’s powerful tannins and structure, it possesses superb concentration, and the minerality/scorched earth notes of a great Haut-Brion. Medium to full-bodied, with perhaps not quite the fleshiness of the 2005 or 2000, it is built more along the lines of the 1998 and 1996. It is a brilliant effort displaying sensational purity, texture, and length that should be exceptionally long-lived."
(Robert M. Parker, Jr.)

96/100 PP

"Tasted at Bordeaux Index\'s annual 10-Year On tasting in London. The 2006 Château Haut-Brion has a more ostentatious bouquet than the comparatively reserved La Mission: quite feisty blackberry, briary, kirsch and red plum scents, hints of leather and sage tucked just underneath. This is a bouquet determined to make an impression! The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, well-judged acidity, a gentle build to a concentrated, earthy, truffle-tinged finish that lingers long in the mouth. This seems to have the upper-hand over the La Mission and probably has a longer future. A thoroughbred from Jean-Philippe Delmas and his team. Tasted January 2016."
(Neal Martin, robertparker.com)

1er cru classé, Graves
Das Château Haut-Brion ist das älteste, wenn auch kleinste der Weingüter, das 1855 mit der Klassifikation "Premiers Grands Crus" ausgezeichnet wurde.

"Es spricht vieles dafür, dass es sich bei diesem großartigen Premier Cru, dem Chateau Haut Brion, um den elegantesten und hinsichtlich der Aromen komplexesten Wein der Welt handelt."
(Robert M. Parker, Jr.)