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Bahans Haut Brion 2004

Graves, Second wine

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  • GBP Price: £770.00  per Case
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  • Size: Bottle (75cl)
  • Quantities:3  Cases -  6  Bottles
  • Units: 42
Scores:
Wine Advocate Wine Spectator Burghound Jancis Robinson.com International Wine Cellar
88 87 - 17 88 - 90
Tasting Notes:

The estate’s second wine, the 2004 Bahans-Haut-Brion, possesses a similar character, but is lighter and softer than the Haut Brion, with notes of red and black currants, plum, and earth. Consume it over the next decade.

Score: 88 Robert Parker, Wine Advocate Maturity: 2007-2017

Sweet tobacco and fruit on the nose. Medium-bodied, with fine tannins and a long, fresh, plummy aftertaste. Lacks some concentration but is pleasing. Best after 2007. 8,500 cases made.

Score: 87 James Suckling, Wine Spectator

[CS 73%, 22%, CF5%] Rather smudgy and gorgeous on the nose. Some autumnal notes. Very evolved and soft. Easy to drink now but with Haut Brion character in spades. Quite rigorous and gentle. Definite framework but with lots of fruit in the middle. Slightly leafy note.

Score: 17 Jancis Robinson MW, Jancisrobinson.com Maturity: 2012-2022

Tasted from cuve Good full ruby-red. Explosive aromas of smoky raspberry, tobacco and minerals. Supple, fleshy and sweet, if without the concentration and power of the 2005. But this is seamless, elegant and impeccably balanced, and finishes with gentle, fine-grained tannins.

Score: 88 - 90 Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar

Much more terroir on the nose here. Riper, more complex: very earthy with notes of wild strawberry and raspberry. This is a very smooth, suave Bahans. Well-integrated tannins. Seamless texture though lacking some persistency and grip. Mid-palate is a bit one-dimensional. Good early drinking, but I prefer La Chapelle this year. Tasted April 2005.

Score: 89 - 91 Neal Martin, erobertparker.com