This second wine of 5th Growth Haut-Bages Liberal is a very nice and relatively good value Bordeaux. Nose is lovely and shows graphite, leafy cassis and berry fruit, warm gravel, and a waft of a sweet-adjacent baking spice note. Mouthfilling, and with surprisingly good acidity for an ‘18, the palate has nicely concentrated fruit and savory notes. Some soft but significant tannin packed away in the finish. This is drinking quite well now but will probably be better in a year or two.
This second wine of 5th Growth Haut-Bages Liberal is a very nice and relatively good value Bordeaux. Nose is lovely and shows graphite, leafy cassis and berry fruit, warm gravel, and a waft of a sweet-adjacent baking spice note. Mouthfilling, and with surprisingly good acidity for an ‘18, the palate has nicely concentrated fruit and savory notes. Some soft but significant tannin packed away in the finish. This is drinking quite well now but will probably be better in a year or two.
Nov 8th, 2024
2016 vintage.Second wine of Haut-Bages Libéral. Juicy, fresh and mineral. Abv. 13,5%.
2016 vintage.Second wine of Haut-Bages Libéral. Juicy, fresh and mineral. Abv. 13,5%.
Sep 10th, 2024
Very dark red in color, raspberry jam aroma. Notes of darker fruits up front to taste, mild acidity, and maybe one of the more unusual finishes I’ve encountered. Earthy minerals, plant-like and stone with a very bitter follow through. Not for me. (🎥 Last Night in Soho)
Very dark red in color, raspberry jam aroma. Notes of darker fruits up front to taste, mild acidity, and maybe one of the more unusual finishes I’ve encountered. Earthy minerals, plant-like and stone with a very bitter follow through. Not for me. (🎥 Last Night in Soho)
1 person found it helpfulJan 23rd, 2022
Nice spice to the nose. Oak on the front with cassia and red fruit, med+ acidity, high grippy tannins, full body blackcurrant on the back. Gravelly minerality but smooth. It's good, but I think I still prefer right bank Bordeaux's lol.
Nice spice to the nose. Oak on the front with cassia and red fruit, med+ acidity, high grippy tannins, full body blackcurrant on the back. Gravelly minerality but smooth. It's good, but I think I still prefer right bank Bordeaux's lol.
Jan 16th, 2025
85
Tasted burnt n chemically. Nothing good.
Bunny's, 14, half off
85
Tasted burnt n chemically. Nothing good.
Bunny's, 14, half off
Oct 2nd, 2024
NOSE: Cassis, plum, mulberry, leather, blueberry, slate, dandelion, chicory, earth, iron, tea, wet veggies. COMPLEX.
TASTE: I love it, though it’s a bit bitter. Lighter than the nose suggests. Dried fruit (blackberry, strawberry, plum, cassis), good acidity. Tea-like tannins, complex herbs (can’t identify them), furry critter, blood. For others, 93 — for me, 94.
NOSE: Cassis, plum, mulberry, leather, blueberry, slate, dandelion, chicory, earth, iron, tea, wet veggies. COMPLEX.
TASTE: I love it, though it’s a bit bitter. Lighter than the nose suggests. Dried fruit (blackberry, strawberry, plum, cassis), good acidity. Tea-like tannins, complex herbs (can’t identify them), furry critter, blood. For others, 93 — for me, 94.
May 18th, 2024
Pauillac, Médoc, Bordeaux, France
