10% OFF! Haut-Brion 1994 at HK$2,790 per Bt

Château Haut-Brion stands as one of Bordeaux’s most historic and revered wine estates, with vines cultivated on its land since at least 1426 and winemaking documented from 1521. It is the oldest known estate in Bordeaux to have bottled and labeled its wine as a Grand Cru, bearing its own name and terroir.
 
The estate comprises 53 hectares, with 50 hectares dedicated to red grape varieties—primarily Merlot (about 45%), Cabernet Sauvignon (44%), Cabernet Franc (10%), and a touch of Petit Verdot (1%). The unique terroir of Haut-Brion consists of two raised hills of deep Gunzian gravel over clay, with white quartz pebbles scattered throughout. The significant proportion of clay in the soil is a key factor in the estate’s higher proportion of Merlot, which is unusual for a Left Bank Bordeaux property and contributes to the wine’s distinctive style.

A subscriber-only offer, enjoy a 10% discount for Haut-Brion Pessac-Leognan 1994 if you confirm an order today at only HK$2,790 per bottle - 

 

Château Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan 1994
HK$3,100 per bottle, 11 bottles Immediately available

Special Offer:
HK$2,790 per bottle
^World Lowest from HK$2,997 per bottle
93pts Robert Parker
One of my favorite and most educational visits in Bordeaux is the time I spend with Haut-Brion's highly respected administrator, Jean Delmas. Delmas is the thinking man's winemaker, with a level of experience and success that is unequaled in Bordeaux. On this visit, we discussed at length the strong tendency in Bordeaux to produce wines with higher and higher percentages of Merlot. As Jean Delmas says, (1), Merlot provides grapes that can be picked earlier, and tend to ripen with higher degrees of sugar, thus producing wines with higher alcohol. (2) Merlot has less acidity, which, combined with its tendency to produce high alcohol, results in a sweeter, supple, and initially more seductive wine. (3) Winemakers can extract more from Merlot than they can from Cabernet Sauvignon, thus they can vinify Merlot at higher temperatures, ultimately producing exotic, opulent wines that are thrilling to taste young. However, as Delmas pointed out, it is the Cabernet Sauvignon that provides the structure, backbone, and, to his palate, ultimately the greatest measure of complexity, character, and Bordeaux typicity. Jean Delmas enjoys a sumptuous Merlot-based wine as much as any Bordeaux wine lover I know, but he is concerned by the replacement of Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards with Merlot. In short, he worries that much of the intrinsic character of many Medoc and Graves chateaux could be muted or lost in a succession of exotic, flashy, glitzy wines that are garish Medoc imitations of Pomerols and St.-Emilions - something to think about. In contrast to the 1993's penetrating, upfront aromas, the 1994 is closed aromatically. With coaxing, some truffle-like, sweet, black fruit aromas, as well as those of mineral/stones come forward. This spicy, full-bodied, powerful wine is a more masculine, structured effort than the 1993, with a potentially more complex, richer character. It is superbly crafted, beautifully balanced, and as pure as a wine can be. The integration of new oak, acidity, and tannin is commendable.

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