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2010 Château Haut-Bailly

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February 11, 2024 - $200

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RATINGS

98Robert M. Parker Jr.

...barbecue smoke, lead pencil shavings and creme de cassis... touches of pomegranate and forest floor... extremely silky, but the intensity of the wine is profound and the finish lingers... ripe yet delicate, powerful yet stylish...

98James Suckling

Great aromas of crushed blackberries with flowers and stones that follow through to a full body, with super silky tannins and a long, long finish. It fills your mouth with beautiful fruit and velvety tannins yet shows tension and form.

95Wine Spectator

The purity starts to shine through on the finish, which drips with cassis and is threaded with a long warm paving stone note.

94+ Stephen Tanzer

Musky aromas of black raspberry, plum, mocha, smoke, minerals, earth and sexy oak. Then penetrating, dry and classic in the mouth, with outstanding sap and grip to its powerful, savory flavors of strawberry, raspberry, smoke...

18Jancis Robinson

Dark, dark fruit with peppery spice on the nose. Inviting in its restraint. Again really dark on the palate, very fine, dry tannins. All tightly closed and hidden at the moment but really pure and long.

REGION

France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

Pessac-Léognan was created in 1987 from the northern part of the left bank Graves appellation. Before then it was simply part of Graves, or sometimes it was called Haut-Graves. Unlike many other Bordeaux appellations, Pessac-Léognan is known for both red and dry white wines, although its reds are more famous. The appellation includes ten communes and the area’s most important châteaux, including Château Haut-Brion, the only non-Médoc estate included in the 1855 Bordeaux classification. There are 2,964 acres of vineyards in Pessac-Léognan and 16 classified growth estates. The main red grapes grown are Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, along with a small amount of Cabernet Franc. White grapes grown are Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon, with a little Muscadelle. Pessac-Léognan is considered to have the best terroir of the greater Graves region.