2025 Ch Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan

DUE OCT/NOV 2028

One of the wines of the vintage for me and a clear contender for a 100–point score in bottle. Sticky liquorice and blackcurrant fruit on the nose, dark and slightly heady with fragrant jasmine aspects. Bright, alive, glossy and so perfectly weighted on the palate – more streamlined than LMHB at this point but still with chew and bounce. Lovely vibrancy capturing the ripe fruit of the vintage with a crisp, tense and cool base of spiced raspberries, cherries and touches of cranberry. Stony but delicately leaving a soft gravel and salinity on the tongue. Delicious – this knocks it out of the park. Adore it! A yield of 26hl/ha.

98-100 points Decanter

98-99 points James Suckling

98-100 points Vinous

97 points Jane Anson

98-100 points The Wine Advocate

97-100 points Jeb Dunnuck