2002 Chateau Haut Brion

one bottle $300.00 value

Professional Reviews

89 points, Robert Parker, Wine Advocate
April 2005
Aromas of minerals, forest floor, fresh mushrooms, plums, and currants are present in the moderately fragrant bouquet. Angular, with hard tannin, medium body, and sweet plums as well as currants...

92 points, Stephen Tanzer
May 2005
...Good ruby-red. Redcurrant, plum, tobacco and flowers on the nose. Suave and light on its feet, with excellent integrated acidity framing and extending the flavors. Classy and classic wine, finishing with ripe, building tannins. This would be perfect with a cigar...

93 points, Wine Spectator
March 2005
Complex aromas of blackberries, tobacco and cedar follow through to a full-bodied palate, with ripe, velvety tannins and a long, caressing finish. Very beautiful...

A surprisingly dense color which stays very bright despite its depth. Initially, a certain reticence conceals the wine's aromas, but its richness is very quickly felt. The attack surprises with its sensation of dense, highly complex fruit volume. Little by little the tannins fill the mouth. They are silky, smooth and mellow, to which is added gentle notes of very subtle woodiness. The whole effect is so succulent you could almost "eat" it. The wine is long and very elegant. It is perfectly balanced in structure. It is without question a wine suitable for long ageing, but of very high quality even when young.