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2009 Château Haut-Bergey, 3-bottle Lot

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March 5, 2023 - $150

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2009 Château Haut-Bergey

750ml

RATINGS

94Robert M. Parker Jr.

...reveals notes of scorched earth/burning embers/charcoal, black currants, ripe cherries and lead pencil shavings. Full-bodied and pure with sweet tannin, this is an under-the-radar, high quality claret...

93James Suckling

A wine with lovely dark berries and chocolates follows through to a full body with chewy tannins and a fit finish. Very in form.

92Stephen Tanzer

Inviting aromas of black raspberry, graphite, charcoal, tobacco and crushed stone. Lush and thick on entry, then densely packed and fine-grained, with excellent energy and definition to its concentrated, lightly medicinal flavors...

90Wine Spectator

Bright cherry and berry fruit flavors nestle in a broad, soft texture in this juicy red, which has bright acidity, modest tannins and an herbal, floral finish that's fresh and focused.

16Jancis Robinson

Fresh and Cabernet on the nose. Sweet start, some real lusciousness. Drive and energy.

PRODUCER

Château Haut-Bergey

Château Haut-Bergery is a 57-acre estate in Leognan. Though its roots were planted in the 16th century, it has been owned since the 1990s by the Garcin-Cathiard family, who own several other Bordeaux estates, including Clos L’Eglise and Barde-Haut. They are also the entrepreneurs behind the garagiste wine Branson, which is made from Haut-Bergery vineyards. The Garcin-Cathiard family uses the consulting services of celebrity winemakers Michel Rolland and Jean-Luc Thunevin. The estate is planted to 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot. It produces about 55,000 bottles of its flagship wine annually. It also produces a second red wine, L’Etoile de Bergery, and two white wines. Robert M. Parker Jr. has written that the owners deserve credits for “one of the most amazing quality turnarounds I have ever seen. Haut-Bergery…(is) one of the stars of the Pessac-Leognan.”

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.