One of Haut-Brion’s greatest triumphs
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2018 Chateau Haut-Brion Pessac-Leognan Premier Grand Cru Classe 750 ml
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Think 1989—but “Even Greater Purity”
Even among the nine bottles of Château Haut-Brion that have earned perfect scores from Wine Advocate, the 1989 stands out. Robert Parker himself called it “immortal” and “one of the greatest young Bordeaux wines of the last half-century.”
But that bottling—declared “one of the greatest First Growths I have ever tasted” by the world’s most influential critic—might just take a backseat to the 2018.
A stirring picture of Bordeaux perfection, the 100-point 2018 got compared very favorably to the 1989 by Parker’s own publication, which called it a “profound, highly intellectual, multilayered baby,” and said it boasts “even greater purity” than that legendary bottling.
Indeed, the 2018 Haut-Brion is one of the most spectacular young wines we’ve ever had the privilege of tasting. But here’s the thing: What you experience in the glass now—what inspired Wine Advocate to bestow a perfect score on this bottle—has nothing on what this wine will offer in the future.
This bottling will stop conversations, provoke introspection, and remind you and your loved ones of exactly how magical wine can be. A wine for the ages, it’s ready to shine as the centerpiece of your collection for the next 40+ years.
Haut-Brion is often at its peak in hot years—the legendary 1961, 1989, and 2009 all come to mind—so it’s little surprise that the estate delivered a conversation-stopping bottle in 2018, which benefited from Bordeaux’s third-warmest summer on record and perfect fall weather.
Competition for this allocation was fierce: We had to fight off buyers for some of Europe’s most famous restaurants and brokers for our small allotment, which comes directly from Bordeaux, with perfect provenance.