$738
Chateau Haut Brion 1975 Pessac Leognan, 1er Cru Classe u: two 2. 5cm, one 3.5cm, one nicked label, one badly torn label with losses, bin-soiled labels "A wine I completely misjudged early in its life, the 1975 has turned out to be a great wine and one of the top dozen or so wines of the vintage. It actually comes close to competing with the immortal 1975 La Mission-Haut-Brion, one of the most powerful, concentrated wines made in Bordeaux in the last 25 years. The 1975 Haut-Brion shows a dark plum/garnet color, a gorgeously sweet nose of singed saddle leather, scorched earth, tobacco, herb, red as well as black currants, plum, fig, and creosote. Very full-bodied, intense, with noticeable but sweet tannin, this layered, full-bodied wine is very opulent, rich, with striking aromatics. It is a fabulous effort in a vintage that has lost considerable support form Bordeaux wine enthusiasts. This is one of the exceptions." R. Parker for TWA, 94 pts. 01/03 3 bottles
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-03-03
