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2005 Château Haut-Bailly, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (58%),Merlot (36%),Cabernet Franc (6%)
Ready, but will improve
Neal Martin MW
95/100
Robert Parker
90/100
James Suckling
95/100
Product: 20058006996
2005 Château Haut-Bailly, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux

Description

After the sensational 2004 Haut Bailly we were anticipating a rival, or an equal. We were wrong. The 2005 has everything that the 2004 has but cranked up by about 40%. Its intense multilayered flavours are exceptional. The wine is totally decadent and yet so precise. Packed full of typical Graves minerality, incredibly concentrated raspberry and cream flavours, sit alongside great acidity and massive tannins. Veronique Sanders said, 'This is the finest wine that we have ever made. We say 'Buy as much of this as you can afford.'

Simon Staples, Asia Wine Director, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2005
Alcohol % 13
Maturity Ready, but will improve
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (58%),Merlot (36%),Cabernet Franc (6%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Haut-Bailly

Critics reviews

Neal Martin MW 95/100
The 2005 Haut Bailly is rapidly turning into a glorious wine. You instantly fall in love with the purity on the nose, luscious red cherries, wild strawberry and blueberry. This is still youthful and beautifully defined. The palate is medium-bodied with quite a structured opening like many in this vintage. It exerts a gentle grip in the mouth, quite tensile and linear and perhaps just tightening up a tad toward the finish. It is biding its time, but it will repay those who cellar this outstanding 2005 for another four or five years. Tasted March 2017.Neil Martin - 28/07/2017
Neal Martin MW, (Jul 2017)
Robert Parker 90/100
The 2005 Haut-Bailly, is dense purple with loads of graphite, earth, spice, blackberry and blueberry fruit, beautiful balance, medium to full body, and stunning purity, texture and length. Still incredibly young at age 10, this wine is set for 30 or more years of longevity. This is a great, great Haut-Bailly that will one day probably rival 2009 and 2010. robert_parker erobertparker_com #219 Jun 2015
Robert Parker, RobertParker.com (Jun 2015)
James Suckling 95/100
This is warmer and richer than the 2004 with much of the same stony, mineral and sweet tobacco character. Layered and complex. Full-bodied, with loads of fruit yet it's reserved and tight with super-ripe tannins but a subtle and long finish. james_suckling - Uncorked - America the Beautiful in Bordeaux - Winespectator.com- June 09
James Suckling, WineSpectator.com (Jun 2009)

About this wine

Cabernet Sauvignon

The most famous red wine grape in the world and one of the most widely planted.
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Chateau Haut-Bailly

Château Haut-Bailly is a Graves Cru Classé estate that has really hit form in the last 5-7 years. Haut-Bailly was bought by the Sanders family in 1955 and was run by Jean Sanders until 1998 when Robert G. Wilmers, an American banker, purchased it. It is located in the commune of Léognan, which is usually more associated with white wine production.
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