Château Haut-Brion - Pessac-Léognan (Premier Grand Cru Classé) 2005 (750ml) Bourgogne Hautes-Cotes de Beaune

Château Haut-Brion - Pessac-Léognan (Premier Grand Cru Classé) 2005 (750ml) Bourgogne Hautes-Cotes de BeauneProfessional Reviews 100 points Jane Anson The stand out First Growth in my recent retasting of the 2005s, and again here it blew us all away. This was a drought year, with almost no rain from May to October, but never excessively hot, and the balance is evident. The slightly dry tannins that affected many 2005s when young were never such a problem on the warm soils at Haut Brion, and this is generous, exceptionally nuanced and flavourful, with vivid

Red fruit and very light spices

fog-cloaked vineyards of the Russian River Valley

Clean and very bright

dependable

then unfolds into layers of raspberries and cherries

Nicely intense in colour with orange reflections

JD97 Jeb Dunnuck The 2018 Syrah The Beautiful Powerline Vineyard comes from a vineyard outside of Walla Walla

Black berries

Assemblage: corvina 60%

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Perfect for aging

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