Wine Spectator Score: 94

Robert Parker Score: 95

Other Scores: 96

Region: Bordeaux

Type: Still Wine

Color: White

Varietal: Blends & Meritage

Vintage: 2008

Size: 750ML

Available: 12

Brand: See more from Chateau Haut Brion

Sku: 104958

Price: $499.99

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Wine Spectator Review:
This is dense and still quite tight, with lots of lemon verbena, chamomile, quinine, green plum and mineral notes supported by superracy yet well-embedded acidity. The finish has rapier cut, with the quinine note reverberating. Best from 2013 through 2018.

Parker Review:
It is always interesting to taste this wine next to its stablemate, Laville Haut-Brion. While Laville has 80% Semillon in it, giving it more fat and concentration, Haut-Brion is 55% Sauvignon Blanc and 45% Semillon. This is a crisp yet powerful wine, full-bodied, with great minerality and a subtle smokiness intermixed with hints of quince, white currant, orange skin, and lemon custard. Long, rich, and tightly knit, with good acidity and no evidence of any oak whatsoever despite the use of 100% new French oak, this wine is set for a long life as well. Anticipated maturity 2014-2035.

Other Notes:
What extraordinary class to this young white, with subtle yet intense aromas and flavors of minerals, slice pears and apples, walnuts and cream. Full and ultra-refined, with the texture of a great fine red and a fresh, fruity, delicate finish. It lasts for minutes on the palate. 96 points, James Suckling