Chateau Haut-Bergey 2018
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Blend: 42% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 12% Cabernet Franc, 6% Petit Verdot
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James Suckling
Aromas of black cherry, stewed blackberry, black olive, oyster shell and sweet tobacco. It’s full-bodied with firm, chewy tannins. Intense and creamy with mineral undertones. Try from 2024.
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Wine Enthusiast
This is sumptuously textured, rich wine with generous black fruits. Its structure and jammy blackberry flavors promise ripeness and richness for the future. With its tannins lying under the fruit, it should develop relatively quickly. Drink from 2024. Editors’ Choice
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Decanter
Enjoyable, approachable with firm tannins and dark fleshy fruits, with a smoked edge through the finish. This is aged in 300l oak barrels, together with stainless steel and egg-shaped concrete vats. Certified organic and biodynamic as of 2019, so farming fully in this way during the 2018 vintage. Drinking Window 2023 - 2038
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2018 Haut Bergey reveals pronounced notes of crème de cassis, stewed plums and baked blackberries with hints of spice cake, mincemeat pie and bay leaves. Full-bodied, firm and chewy in the mouth, the palate delivers a great concentration of berry preserves layers, finishing savory.
Barrel Sample: 90-92
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The 28.5 hectares of land are located in the heart of the village of Léognan, mecca of Graves.
One of the world’s most classic and popular styles of red wine, Bordeaux-inspired blends have spread from their homeland in France to nearly every corner of the New World. Typically based on either Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot and supported by Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot, the best of these are densely hued, fragrant, full of fruit and boast a structure that begs for cellar time. Somm Secret—Blends from Bordeaux are generally earthier compared to those from the New World, which tend to be fruit-dominant.
Recognized for its superior reds as well as whites, Pessac-Léognan on the Left Bank claims classified growths for both—making it quite unique in comparison to its neighboring Médoc properties.
Pessac’s Chateau Haut-Brion, the only first growth located outside of the Médoc, is said to have been the first to conceptualize fine red wine in Bordeaux back in the late 1600s. The estate, along with its high-esteemed neighbors, La Mission Haut-Brion, Les Carmes Haut-Brion, Pique-Caillou and Chateau Pape-Clément are today all but enveloped by the city of Bordeaux. The rest of the vineyards of Pessac-Léognan are in clearings of heavily forested area or abutting dense suburbs.
Arid sand and gravel on top of clay and limestone make the area unique and conducive to growing Sémillon and Sauvignon blanc as well as the grapes in the usual Left Bank red recipe: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and miniscule percentages of Petit Verdot and Malbec.
The best reds will show great force and finesse with inky blue and black fruit, mushroom, forest, tobacco, iodine and a smooth and intriguing texture.
Its best whites show complexity, longevity and no lack of exotic twists on citrus, tropical and stone fruit with pronounced floral and spice characteristics.