Haut Bailly (750ML)
From Pessac-Leognan
| Vintage: | 2015 |
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| Description: | 98+ Jd / 98 JS / 98 De / 98 Fs / 98 Wci / 97+ Wa / 97 Ag / 96 Vm / 95 Ws / 17.5++ Jr. #2 Jeb Dunnuck Top 50 Reds 2018. The 2015 Haut Bailly checks in as a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot and 4% Petit Verdot that comes from the gravelly soils of the Graves region, just southeast of Bordeaux. It's an incredibly beautiful, classy 2015 that offers a sexy bouquet of crème de cassis, lead pencil shavings, tobacco leaf, and exotic spices. Deep, full-bodied, and voluptuously textured, with ultra-fine tannin and building richness that never takes away from its incredible elegance and purity, it's another heavenly 2015 that's going to benefit from 4-5 years of bottle age and just sing for 2-3 decades. Hats off to winemaker Véronique Sanders – this might end up rivaling the out of this world 2009. - Jeb Dunnuck. This is an incredible young red with precision and focus that is second to almost none. Full body with a ultra-fine tannin drive that is seamless as it is endless. It ends with such power. Try in 2024 but already impressive to taste. - James Suckling. The aromatic complexity of this wine strikes you from the very first moment - this has got to be one of the greatest Haut Baillys I have ever tasted. The 2015 has a touch of Petit Verdot for the first time (not including the mixed fruit from the century-old grapevines that Haut Bailly always uses), from three year old vines. This has a balance and grip that lifts from underneath the fruit, with incredibly precise tannins. Slate, pencil lead and curls of tobacco lead the persistent waves of flavour coming at you, expressing a lightness than deceives you until you feel the layers begin to deftly build up over the course of the tasting. This is utterly delicious, showing all the complexity that you expect from a great wine, together with the supreme confidence that they don't need to trick you with a push of oak (they use 50% new barrels). Drinking Window 2023 - 2040. - Jane Anson, Decanter Dark ruby, purple reflections, broad and bright ochre lightening on the rim. Nuances of black cherry and liquorice, hints of blackberry, nougat, orange zest and subtle background notes of tobacco. Complex on the palate, juicy, nuances of fresh plums, ripe supporting tannins, mineral and chalky with salty-citrus nuances on the long, taut finish. A cool style with definite further ageing potential. (Store, drink +35)-Peter Moser, Falstaff |
| Price: | $ 149.98 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from Grand Vin Wine Merchants
| Address: |
1003 4th Avenue East Olympia, WA 98506 United States |
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| Telephone (regular): | 360-350-4896 |
First added to 1000 Corks on November 8, 2016.
