Bewertungen
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100 Punkte Robert Parker
Wine Advocate: "What a blockbuster effort! Atypically powerful, one day, the 2009 Haut-Brion may be considered to be the 21st century version of the 1959. It is an extraordinarily complex, concentrated effort made from a blend of 46% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon and 14% Cabernet Franc with the highest alcohol ever achieved at this estate, 14.3%. Even richer than the perfect 1989, with similar technical numbers although slightly higher extract and alcohol, it offers up a sensational perfume of subtle burning embers, unsmoked cigar tobacco, charcoal, black raspberries, wet gravel, plums, figs and blueberries. There is so much going on in the aromatics that one almost hesitates to stop smelling it. However, when it hits the palate, it is hardly a letdown. This unctuously textured, full-bodied 2009 possesses low acidity along with stunning extract and remarkable clarity for a wine with a pH close to 4.0. The good news is that there are 10,500 cases of the 2009, one of the most compelling examples of Haut-Brion ever made. It requires a decade of cellaring and should last a half century or more. Readers who have loved the complexity of Haut-Brion should be prepared for a bigger, richer, more massive wine, but one that does not lose any of its prodigious aromatic attractions."
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100 Punkte Falstaff
"Dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, dezente Randaufhellung. Feines dunkles Nougat, reife schwarze Herzkirschen, tabakig, ein Hauch von Lakritze, kandierte Veilchen und Cassis im Hintergrund, feine Edelholznoten, facettenreiches Bukett. Komplex, engmaschig, feine Extraktsüße, kräftige, reife Tannine, angenehmer Säurebogen, wirkt sehr frisch, mineralisch und straff, sehr große Länge, ein Hauch von dunkler Schokolade im Abgang, bleibt minutenlang haften, ein Vin de Garde, sollte noch weitere zehn Jahre heranreifen dürfen."
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100 Punkte James Suckling
"Extravagant and exotic, but still lively, this is a super-concentrated and elegant wine that's already breathtaking, yet has enormous aging potential. Plenty of wet earth and mushroom character alongside the cassis and blackberry aromas. Super-long, perfectly balanced finish. Drink or hold."
