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Neal Martin

Vinous

The 2015 Haut-Brion has a sophisticated bouquet with blackberry, raspberry, tobacco and smoke aromas unfurling gradually in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied, harmonious and poised, with pliant tannins. This is very pure toward the finish that feels caressing and deftly disguises the structure beneath. It is excellent. Tasted blind at the 2015 Bordeaux Ten-Year-On tasting at Farr Vintners. 02/2025

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Lisa Perrotti-Brown

Robert Parker/Wine Advocate

A blend of 50% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 42% Cabernet Sauvignon, the medium to deep garnet-purple colored 2015 Haut-Brion is reticent to begin, languidly revealing crushed black cherries, ripe black plums and wild blueberries with sparks of cinnamon stick, cloves, nutmeg, espresso, unsmoked cigars, tapenade, crushed rocks and lavender. The full-bodied palate possesses wonderfully complementary contrasts of bold black and blue fruit richness and delicately nuanced cherry fruit, baking spices and floral accents, strutting ripe, finely pixelated tannins and seamless acidity that is placed firmly in the background, finishing very long and with plenty of attitude. This impeccably poised, exquisitely perfumed 2015 Haut-Brion possesses the most alluring yet seemingly effortless beauty. While it bears only a passing resemblance in its opulent personality to the now legendary 1989, like that vintage the 2015 cannot fail to hedonically satiate and intellectually edify all lovers of great Bordeaux who drink it. What’s more, it also has the blue-blooded tenaciousness to remain this jaw-droppingly impressive, throughout its many guises over time, and for a very, very long time. Februar 2018

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James Suckling

James Suckling

This is all about seduction and beauty with tobacco, berries, tea and wet earth. Full-bodied, round and sexy. Love the polished and beautiful tannins. Racy and refined. Try in 2023. Dezember 2018