Chateau Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan, 2014 (Ex-Negociant)
The oldest continuously operating winery in Bordeaux, with vineyard records stretching to 1521. Haut-Brion was the only non-Médoc property in the 1855 Classification's First Growths, and the Dillon family has owned it since 1935. The 2014 vintage was rescued by an extraordinary autumn—an exceptionally warm September and an October that delivered a historic one hundred and ninety-four hours of sunshine. This Indian summer ripened the crop to perfection after a cool, uncertain summer, producing wines of vivid freshness and structure. The blend of fifty percent Merlot, thirty-nine percent Cabernet Sauvignon, and eleven percent Cabernet Franc was raised in seventy percent new oak. At a decade old, the wine is opening into layers of dark fruit, graphite, tobacco, and gravel-bed minerality. The "Ex-Négociant" designation simply indicates the bottle's trade provenance—it has no bearing on the wine itself.
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The oldest continuously operating winery in Bordeaux, with vineyard records stretching to 1521. Haut-Brion was the only non-Médoc property in the 1855 Classification's First Growths, and the Dillon family has owned it since 1935. The 2014 vintage was rescued by an extraordinary autumn—an exceptionally warm September and an October that delivered a historic one hundred and ninety-four hours of sunshine. This Indian summer ripened the crop to perfection after a cool, uncertain summer, producing wines of vivid freshness and structure. The blend of fifty percent Merlot, thirty-nine percent Cabernet Sauvignon, and eleven percent Cabernet Franc was raised in seventy percent new oak. At a decade old, the wine is opening into layers of dark fruit, graphite, tobacco, and gravel-bed minerality. The "Ex-Négociant" designation simply indicates the bottle's trade provenance—it has no bearing on the wine itself.
