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Robert Parker

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James Suckling

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CHATEAU HAUT BRION, 2022

PRIMEURS - LIVRAISON 2025

"The color is deep and very beautiful. The nose is bewitching. The agitation confirms this impression of perfect fruitiness. The hot summer does not appear: the vine has responded to the excesses of the 2022 climate and the fruit is ripe, precisely ripe. The agitation of the glass gives the desire, of course, to go further. The attack is wide, tight, bewitching, precise. Then the wine unfolds its frame, bounces, lengthens generously. It is enchanting and still in the making: exciting! "- Chateau Haut Brion

CHARACTERISTICSRISKS

CLASSIFICATION 1st Grand Cru Classé
ASSEMBLY 53.6% Merlot, 35.4% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Cabernet Franc
2022 VINTAGE "The 2022 vintage is characterized by hot and dry weather which required an adaptation of the viticultural practices, with very few green harvesting operations in order to protect the grapes from the heat and the sun" - Château Haut Brion
VITICULTURE

The winter of 2021 was rainy, allowing the soil to replenish its water reserves. In February, temperatures rose above the seasonal norms, leading to early vegetation. Although there was a frost episode in April, the impact on the vines was minimal. Mild temperatures in May favored vine growth, and despite the heat waves from June to August and the lack of rain, the grapes ripened early in August thanks to some rainfall. The harvest began on August 29 in ideal conditions, with perfect sanitary quality and ripeness of the grapes, and ended on September 15. These harvests are a testament to the resilience of the vines, even in years with extreme conditions, and bode well for a great year.
VINIFICATION Careful tasting of each vat allows us to adjust each parameter of the winemaking process.
MATURING The wine is aged in 62.9% new barrels.
FORMAT 75 cl

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732,00 € T.T.C.
732,00 € T.T.C.
Tax included.

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Vineyard Detail
AGRICULTURE Sustainable
GRAPE VARIETIES

Red varieties: 46% of merlot, 42% of cabernet sauvignon, 11% of cabernet franc, 1% of petit verdot
White varieties: 52% of semillon, 48% of sauvignon blanc
VINEYARD SURFACE AREA 52.8 hectares
ANNUAL PRODUCTION 126,600 bottles
HARVEST MANUAL
SOIL

Gravel deposits forming two major hilltops
History and anecdotes

Located in Pessac, a few kilometres away from Bordeaux. Château Haut-Brion is the oldest wine estate of the region. Founded in 1533 by the Pontac family who kept innovating and improving viticultural techniques, especially by developing the wine ageing potential. Wines were sought-after by monarchs and many writers extolled the virtues of them, such as Samuel Pepys who wrote: “And there, drank a sort of French wine, called Ho-Bryan, that hath a good and most particular taste that I never met with …”. The first branded wine was born.

It was in Château Haut-Brion, in the middle of the 17th century, that a new style of wine was made, “the new French Claret”, behind the actual great long-keeping wines, which marked a real winegrowing turn. It was at this moment that they started to bottle at the château.

While he was visiting, Thomas Jefferson, the next third president of the United States would have written to his brother in law: “I cannot deny myself the pleasure of asking you to invest in a parcel of wine I have been choosing for myself. I do it the rather as it will furnish you a specimen of what is the very best Bordeaux wine. It is of the vineyard of Obrion.”

CHATEAU HAUT BRION

Caracteristics

CHARACTERISTICSRISKS

CLASSIFICATION 1st Grand Cru Classé
ASSEMBLY 53.6% Merlot, 35.4% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Cabernet Franc
2022 VINTAGE "The 2022 vintage is characterized by hot and dry weather which required an adaptation of the viticultural practices, with very few green harvesting operations in order to protect the grapes from the heat and the sun" - Château Haut Brion
VITICULTURE

The winter of 2021 was rainy, allowing the soil to replenish its water reserves. In February, temperatures rose above the seasonal norms, leading to early vegetation. Although there was a frost episode in April, the impact on the vines was minimal. Mild temperatures in May favored vine growth, and despite the heat waves from June to August and the lack of rain, the grapes ripened early in August thanks to some rainfall. The harvest began on August 29 in ideal conditions, with perfect sanitary quality and ripeness of the grapes, and ended on September 15. These harvests are a testament to the resilience of the vines, even in years with extreme conditions, and bode well for a great year.
VINIFICATION Careful tasting of each vat allows us to adjust each parameter of the winemaking process.
MATURING The wine is aged in 62.9% new barrels.
FORMAT 75 cl