Clarence de Haut Brion

Producer: Haut Brion

Vintage: 2009

Country: France

Volume: 750ml

Alcohol: 13%

Price: £845.00 In Bond
per case of 12 bottles

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The second wine, which used to be called Bahans Haut-Brion, is now Le Clarence Haut-Brion. The 2009 is a 7,000-case cuvee made of 46% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Sauvignon, and the rest Cabernet Franc and a tiny dosage of Petit Verdot. The wine has a fabulous nose of incense, burning embers, forest floor, and black cherry liqueur. Fleshy, rich, full-bodied, but not over the top as the minerality and structure move in, this is a super-duper effort, and the greatest second wine made at Haut-Brion since the 1989 Bahans Haut-Brion. It should drink well for 20-25 years. - Robert Parker 90-93* points.

( * ) Means likely to be uprated to this score.

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