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Exceptional release of the 2014 Vintage
Ready to enchant connoisseurs of fine wines
A varied climate, marked by a particularly sunny September tempered by cool nights, led to excellent ripeness at harvest. An outstanding success for the Haut-Brion terroirs.
A vintage whose profile epitomizes the Haut-Brion style, classic and elegant, positioned at the heart of a series of powerful years.
A wine now in its optimal drinking window.
Château Haut-Brion 2014
The truly beautiful bouquet has notes of black fruit (blackberry, blackcurrant), along with empyreumatic overtones. The wine shows smooth, well-structured tannin on the palate, combining power and elegance from the beginning to the end.
Harvest:
From September 11st to October 10th
Blend:
50% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Cabernet Franc
Alcohol by volume:
14.5%
A few quotes
JAMES SUCKLING : 97/100
(tasted in 2017)
Beautifully perfumed with rose petals, violets and currant bush. Full body, very silky tannins and bright acidity. Tannins are super fine-grained. Goes on for minutes. Racy and refined. Persistent. Drink in 2025.
DECANTER : 96/100
(tasted in 2024)
Tense and tangy, this has real bite to it on the palate, I like the juicy core, giving this some fun and lift, but it’s also quite compact and linear still – all driven in one line from start to finish. […] Lots to like here and keeps the momentum more than most.
WINE ADVOCATE : 96/100
(tasted in 2017)
The palate is very fresh and taut on the entry. The acidity is very nicely pitched and there is a touch of marmalade and blood orange that is tangible at the back of the mouth. There is real frisson to this Haut Brion, not quite as seductive and as smooth as its sibling over the road, but very persistent in the mouth.
