Château Haut-Brion 1er Cru Classé, Pessac-Leognan, 2018, 75cl

6 x 75cl

33.150,00 kr

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Château Haut-Brion 1er Cru Classé, Pessac-Leognan, 2018, 75cl

33.150,00 kr

5.525,00 kr each

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Château Haut-Brion 1er Cru Classé 2018 is an iconic red wine from Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux, combining historical grandeur, aristocratic finesse, and impressive depth. The 2018 vintage stands out as a particularly grand edition with concentration, balance, and extraordinary aging potential, making the wine an obvious choice for collectors and connoisseurs seeking one of Bordeaux's most prestigious wines.

The aroma is deep, spicy, and exceptionally complex with notes of ripe blackcurrants, dark cherries, and dark berries, accompanied by tobacco, smoke, cedar, floral nuances, and a discreet mineral undertone. The aroma profile is intense and refined with both dark fruit, earthy depth, and classic Haut-Brion character.

The taste opens softly and well-structured, before the wine unfolds with impressive richness, concentration, and silky tannins. The dark fruit is carried by freshness, precision, and an elegant complexity, where spices, smoke, tobacco, and mineral nuances merge into a long, lingering, and completely harmonious finish. It is a grand red Bordeaux with both power and refinement, where intensity never overshadows the wine's balance and elegance.

The wine is composed of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Cabernet Franc, which gives a sophisticated structure, aromatic depth, and a classic expression with great personality. Château Haut-Brion 2018 pairs excellently with beef, veal, lamb, duck, game, as well as braised, grilled, and oven-roasted dishes, where the wine's complexity and length truly come into their own. An exclusive wine for special occasions, grand dinners, and wine lovers who desire prestige, finesse, and historical gravitas in the same glass.

Format: 6 x 75cl

6 x 75cl

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About the wine

Wine: Château Haut-Brion 1er Cru Classé, Pessac-Leognan, 2018, 75cl

Type: Red

Size: 75 cl

Manufacturer: Château Haut-Brion

Country: France

Region: Bordeaux

Classification: 1er Cru Classé

Bottles per Box: 6

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100 /100

The 2018 Haut-Brion is composed of 49.4% Merlot, 38.7% Cabernet Sauvignon and 11.9% Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet-purple in color, the wine needs a lot of swirling before it begins to release a whole complex melody of notes, one at a time to begin: tilled earth, followed by pronounced licorice, then crushed rocks, then the preserved plums. Eventually, it all comes together into a fascinating crescendo of intense crème de cassis, rose oil, wild blueberries and kirsch notes, giving way to quiet, persistent leitmotif scents of cinnamon stick, truffles and redcurrant jelly. The medium to full-bodied palate delivers all this and more, revealing tightly wound black fruit, red berry and exotic spice layers within a solid, wonderfully plush frame and seamless freshness, finishing with epic length and loads of earth and mineral sparks. This is a profound, highly intellectual, multilayered baby, which will require a good 7-8 years to begin to sing its incredible song, then should cellar a further 40 years at least. By way of reference, think 1989 with more restraint and even greater purity.

Robert Parker wine advocate

98 /100

Fourth generation of the Dillon family at Haut-Brion today, overseeing the extremely challenging act of keeping a First Growth at the top of its game. This is laying down the gauntlet – powerfully built, complex and succulent layers of tight black fruits and grilled oak, overlaid with charcoal, cloves, tobacco, slate, sage and smoked earth, nuanced and unwilling to show its hand too soon. Needs a good five to eight years more, and will age for decades. Harvested 6 September to 2 October, yields 44hl/ha. 3.8pH. IPT72

Jane Anson

96 /100

95–97. Barrel Sample. This wine has opulence and concentration, with crisp flavors of ripe yellow fruits. There is so much going on in this impressive wine. It has benefited from the hot summer, yielding a ripe wine that still manages to remain crisp and tight on the finish. Roger Voss

Wine Enthusiast

98 /100

Deep dark ruby garnet, opaque core, purple reflections, DELICATE watery edge. Somewhat restrained, fine dark forest berry fruit, discreet herbal savouriness, nuances of cherries, some nougat, discreet oak touch in the BACKGROUND. Taut, tightly meshed, SAVOURY tannins, fine sweet cherry fruit, vivid tannins that still seem a bit brittle, very lively style, salty minerality on the finish, nougat on the back palate.

Falstaff

About the grape

Rød Bordeaux Blend

Rød Bordeaux Blend er en kombination af de druesorter, der traditionelt bruges til Bordeaux' berømte rødvine. Det er ikke en officiel betegnelse, men en praktisk måde at tale om en vinsstil, der nu dyrkes over hele verden – fra Californien til Australien, Sydafrika til Chile.

Essensen er fleksibilitet: typisk en blend af Cabernet Sauvignon og Merlot, ofte suppleret med Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot og Malbec. Hver drue tilfører noget unikt – struktur, frugt, krydderier eller blødhed.

Rød Bordeaux Blend er for dig, der søger kraftfuld struktur og dybe smagsnuancer. Det er vine med personlighed – nogle kan nydes straks, andre udvikler sig smukt gennem årene. Her får du en vinsstil med historisk fundament, der stadig inspirerer vinmagere verden over.

Serving

Rød Bordeaux Blend serveres bedst ved 16-18°C, hvor vinens frugt, struktur og kompleksitet står skarpest. Serveres den for varm, kan alkoholen virke mere dominerende, mens for lav temperatur dæmper aromaerne. Bordeaux anbefaler selv 16-18°C til strukturerede og lagringsværdige rødvine.