Tasting Notes and Scores
As with the 2000, this is still extremely young, barely out of the starting gates, and it needs time to open in the glass. It inches forward, rewarding patience with one of the most aromatically complex wines that you'll find in Bordeaux. Deep in colour, it has great aromatic balance of spice, swirled cinnamon and liquorice. Mouthwateringly good. A high yield of 52hl/ha, with 50% of the crop going to the grand vin. 75% new oak. Drinking Window: 2018 - 2038
Tasted by: Jane Anson (at 67 Pall Mall, London, 20 Sep 2018)
Part of Bordeaux: The five first growths
Decanter
Quality 913 | Brand 998 | Economics 957 |
buzz brand
Quality: Predicted life of 16 years, one of the longest drinking windows in its peer group, which averages 9 years
Brand: Strong restaurant presence, featuring on 50 of the world's top wine lists, including Chez Bruce
Economics: More traded at auction than its peers, its top 5 vintages having seen 3,255 75cl equivalent bottles traded in the past year
Production: Higher production than its peer group average of 92,455 bottles
- www.wine-lister.com June 2017
Wine Lister
Tasted blind at Bordeaux Index’s 10-Year On horizontal. This has a very elegant bouquet with blackberry, briary, potter’s kiln and bacon fat with fine delineation and lift. The palate is medium-bodied with great freshness on the entry, very good acidity with red-berried fruit interlaced with cedar, graphite and leather. Very good depth, very feminine and focused with ample freshness on the finish that seems to have “filled out” in recent years. Excellent. Tasted March 2011.
– eRobertParker.com, May 2011
Neal Martin
Haut-Brion’s 2001, which was bottled late (the end of September, 2003), possesses an unmistakable nobility as well as a burgeoning complexity. Plum/purple to the rim, this blend of 52% Merlot, 36% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 12% Cabernet Franc is playing it close to the vest, having closed down considerably after bottling. Nevertheless, it reveals pure notes of sweet and sour cherries, black currants, licorice, smoke, and crushed stones. Medium-bodied with excellent purity, firm tannin, and an angular, structured finish, it requires 5-7 years of cellaring. Anticipated maturity: 2009-2020+.
Robert Parker (Wine Advocate #153, Jun 2004)
Wine Advocate
I really like the cigar store nuances, with hints of smoke, tobacco leaf, ash and red fruit. Medium-bodied, fresh and charming, this lighter, brighter, red berry focused vintage is probably at close to its peak. Tasted Oct 2021
Jeff Leve
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