2nd wine of Haut Brion @ £120 in top year that I grabbed as a bin end last week for £77 💥 boom - like walking down the street & not stepping in the dog 💩 result 😁
📍 Le Clarence De Haut Brion 2009
🏵 93+ points & should still improve 😉
🍇 46% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Sauvignon & the rest dollops of Petit Verdot & Cabernet Franc
🍷 Deep opaque ruby
👃 Flint, mineral & gravel in soggy earth through blackberry soaked in smokey oak w/ plum, cracked pencil, dark cherry, herbs, cocoa, raspberry & wet leaves
👄 Med body of smooth rich black berry/currant, dark cherry, plum & raspberry in rock minerals w/ a mocha liquorice undertone
🎯 Med+ dark & red fruit silky mineral kiss w/ a mocha liquorice spank
2nd wine of Haut Brion @ £120 in top year that I grabbed as a bin end last week for £77 💥 boom - like walking down the street & not stepping in the dog 💩 result 😁
📍 Le Clarence De Haut Brion 2009
🏵 93+ points & should still improve 😉
🍇 46% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Sauvignon & the rest dollops of Petit Verdot & Cabernet Franc
🍷 Deep opaque ruby
👃 Flint, mineral & gravel in soggy earth through blackberry soaked in smokey oak w/ plum, cracked pencil, dark cherry, herbs, cocoa, raspberry & wet leaves
👄 Med body of smooth rich black berry/currant, dark cherry, plum & raspberry in rock minerals w/ a mocha liquorice undertone
🎯 Med+ dark & red fruit silky mineral kiss w/ a mocha liquorice spank
Feb 10th, 2019
Pessac-Léognan, Graves, Bordeaux, France
