Appellations

Clarte de Haut Brion 2014

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Tasting Notes

Energetic white with sliced-apple, lemon and green-papaya aromas. Full-bodied, very vibrant, creamy, dense and powerful. So contrasty. Love it. Don’t miss this. 66% sauvignon blanc and 33% semillon. Drink or hold.

Score: 96 James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com Date: 13 February 2017

Shows excellent depth and richness with sliced apple, apricot and pineapple character. Big and rich. Excellent. This is pretty amazing. 66% sauvignon blanc and 33% sémillon.

Score: 95 - 96 James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com Date: 27 March 2015

The second wine of both Haut Brion Blanc and La Mission Haut Brion Blanc benefitting from fruit which doesn’t quite meet the strict selection for the two Grands Vins. Gorgeous aromatics, fresh citrus and creamy textured with vivid acidity and length.

Score: - Albany Vintners, - Date: 24 April 2015

The La Clarté de Haut-Brion 2014 is a blend of 66% Sauvignon Blanc and 34% Sémillon, Jean-Philippe Delmas mentioning that he blended more of the former, two weeks prior to my visit. It has a straightforward bouquet with crisp grapefruit and melon scents, the Sauvignon Blanc more expressive at the moment. The palate is sharp and citric on the entry with a keen line of acidity, touches of pear coming through toward the finish. Fine.

Score: 88 - 90 Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2017-2023 Date: 01 April 2015

The quinine, lemon chiffon and white asparagus notes are gliding together already, with a warm macadamia nut accent adding texture and weight to the finish. Still a little youthfully raw at the very end, but shows lovely concentration and length. Tasted non-blind.

Score: 90 - 93 James Molesworth, Wine Spectator Date: 01 April 2015

Le Clarte de Haut-Brion The 2014 Le Clarte de Haut-Brion is unusually dense in this vintage, the result of a brief heat wave in July that concentrated the Sauvignon Blanc. The flavors are bright and nicely focused, but the 2014 is marked be a real sense of phenolic weight and intensity. Mint, white flowers, sage and lime add the final shades of dimension. The blend is 66% Sauvignon and 34% Sémillon.

Score: 90 - 92 Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com Date: 01 April 2015

Luxurious beeswax nose and then tight grapefruit-peel palate that is dominated by Sauvignon. Long and thrilling with great weight and tension. Lightly astringent at the moment. Very nervy despite such high alcohol that Jean-Philippe Delmas called it ‘our Condrieu’. 14.55% alcohol

Score: 17 Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2019-2025 Date: 01 April 2015