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2015 Ch Haut Bailly Grand Cru Classé Pessac-Léognan
- Colour
- Red
- Producer
- Château Haut-Bailly
- Region
- Pessac-Léognan, Red Bordeaux
- Grape
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc
- Drinking
- 2023-2038
- Case Size
- 12x75cl
- Available Now
2015 Ch Haut Bailly Grand Cru Classé Pessac-Léognan
- Colour
- Red
- Producer
- Château Haut-Bailly
- Region
- Pessac-Léognan, Red Bordeaux
- Grape
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc
- Drinking
- 2023-2038
- Case Size
- 12x75cl
- Available Now
- Pricing
- Retail
- In Bond
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Pricing Info
In Bond
Case price
£1,200.00 (Ex. VAT)
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Tasting Notes
Goedhuis, April 2016, Score: 95-97
An outstanding wine of the vintage, and one of the best wines this skilful, intelligent team has ever made. This vivacious wine is driven by black damson fruit and smoky cedar wood, which tumbles from the glass. Exquisitely fine, chalky tannins are perfectly pitched. Nothing overblown here, it is restrained yet expressive, giving the impression of effortless, noble class.
Producer
Château Haut-Bailly
Rich in sandstone composed of fossilised shellfish ("faluns"), Haut Bailly has one of the mostnoteworthy terroirs in Pessac Léognan. As a direct result of this ancient soil, their wines areextremely elegant and pure. Though not enormously high profile, this château is one of the mostappreciated by critics and collectors alike.
Region
Pessac-Léognan, Red Bordeaux
Stretching from the rather unglamorous southern suburbs of Bordeaux, for 50 km along the left bank of the river Garonne, lies Graves. Named for its gravelly soil, a relic of Ice Age glaciers, this is the birthplace of claret, despatched from the Middle Ages onwards from the nearby quayside to England in vast quantities. It can feel as though Bordeaux is just about red wines, but some sensational white wines are produced in this area from a blend of sauvignon blanc, Semillon and, occasionally, muscadelle grapes, often fermented and aged in barrel. In particular, Domaine de Chevalier is renowned for its superbly complex whites, which continue to develop in bottle over decades. A premium appellation, Pessac-Leognan, was created in 1987 for the most prestigious terroirs within Graves. These are soils with exceptional drainage, made up of gravel terraces built up in layers over many millennia, and consequently thrive in mediocre vintages but are less likely to perform well in hotter years. These wines were appraised and graded in their own classification system in 1953 and updated in 1959, but, like the 1855 classification system, this should be regarded with caution and the wines must absolutely be assessed on their own current merits.