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Bahans Haut Brion (2nd wine of Ch Haut Brion) 2004

Pessac-Leognan, Second wine

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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, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2007-2017 01 June 2007

This estate’s second wine, the Bahans Haut-Brion, is a light, tart, fresh, feminine effort in 2004. Although lacking in fat and meatiness, it should provide pleasant drinking over the next 7-8 years.

Score: 87 - 88

Robert Parker, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2006-2014 01 June 2006

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 31 March 2007

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 01 May 2006

[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 18 August 2005

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, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 01 April 2005