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2010 Château Haut-Brion Blanc, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux

  • White
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Sauvignon Blanc (54%),Sémillon (46%)
Ready - at best
Robert Parker
98/100
Jancis Robinson MW
18.5/20
19/20
Robert Parker
94-97/100
James Molesworth
94-97/100
Product: 20101017092
2010 Château Haut-Brion Blanc, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux

Description

This full-bodied blend of 54% Sauvignon Blanc and 46% Semillon has a level of concentration and intensity that makes it the dry white wine of the vintage. Loads of minerality, a hint of subtle spice, but mostly just pure orange marmalade, candle wax, honeysuckle and caramelized melons make for a full-bodied, distinctive style of wine to drink over the next 50+ years.

Drink 2013 - 2063

Robert M. Parker, Jr., Wine Advocate (February 2013)

Colour White
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2010
Alcohol % 14.5
Maturity Ready - at best
Grape List Sauvignon Blanc (54%),Sémillon (46%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Haut-Brion Blanc

Critics reviews

Robert Parker 98/100
This full-bodied blend of 54% Sauvignon Blanc and 46% Semillon has a level of concentration and intensity that makes it the dry white wine of the vintage. Loads of minerality, a hint of subtle spice, but mostly just pure orange marmalade, candle wax, honeysuckle and caramelized melons make for a full-bodied, distinctive style of wine to drink over the next 50+ years.Robert M. Parker, Jr. - 28/02/2013
Robert Parker, RobertParker.com (Feb 2013)
Jancis Robinson MW 18.5/20
46% Sémillon, 54% Sauvignon Blanc. Slightly more yellow than La Mission but still greenish gold. Broad and honeyed on the nose (the Haut-Brion whites always prove supremacy of terroir over variety). Massive and broad and pungent. SO far from New Zealand! A bit less distinctive than the La Mission Blanc 2010 but a great wine. jancis_robinson_mw MW- jancis_robinson_mw.com 11 Apr 2011)
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2011)
19/20
Slightly richer and broader fruit than La Mission, superb finesse over a fleshy ripeness and perfect harmony.
Decanter.com
Robert Parker 94-97/100
A blend of 54% Sauvignon Blanc and 46% Semillon, this singular, compelling white exhibits notes of orange blossoms, lemons, melons, crushed rocks, spice and flowers. It is a sensational, provocative, full-bodied dry white to enjoy over the next 40 years. (robert_parker- Wine Advocate- May 2011)
Robert Parker, RobertParker.com (May 2011)
James Molesworth 94-97/100
This shows more clarity now than the La Mission white, with bright honeysuckle, green fig, verbena and green plum notes. The gorgeous finish just glides through, with the cut buried deep. Long and stony, with impressive definition already. Tasted non-blind. (james_molesworth – The Wine Spectator – Apr 2011)
James Molesworth, WineSpectator.com (Apr 2011)

About this wine

Sauvignon Blanc

An important white grape in Bordeaux and the Loire Valley that has now found fame in New Zealand and now Chile. It thrives on the gravelly soils of Bordeaux and is blended with Sémillon to produce fresh, dry, crisp  Bordeaux Blancs, as well as more prestigious Cru Classé White Graves. It is also blended with Sémillon, though in lower proportions, to produce the great sweet wines of Sauternes. It performs well in the Loire Valley and particularly on the well-drained chalky soils found in Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé, where it produces bone dry, highly aromatic, racy wines, with grassy and sometimes smoky, gunflint-like nuances.
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Chateau Haut-Brion Blanc

Chateau Haut Brion is located in the bustling suburb of Pessac on the outskirts of Bordeaux, this 45-hectare 1er Cru Classé property was the only property outside of the Médoc and Sauternes to be included in the 1855 Classifcation. The vineyards (Red: Cabernet Sauvignon 45%; Merlot 37%; Cabernet Franc 18%; White: Semillon 63%; Sauvignon Blanc 37%) lie on large (up to 18 metres deep in places) gravel banks interspersed with clay.
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