Die Bordeaux Subskription 2020 - Primeurs 2020
Die Degustationsnotiz des Wine Advocate zum Chateau Haut Brion 2020 Pessac Leognan :
The 2020 Haut-Brion is a blend of 42.8% Merlot, 39.7% Cabernet Sauvignon and 17.5% Cabernet Franc, harvested from 7th to 29th September, with an estimated alcohol of 15% and a pH of 3.8. Opaque purple-black colored, it leaps from the glass with a first wave of vibrant black raspberries, ripe blackberries and mulberries scents, followed by a powerful core of warm cassis, dark chocolate and violets, before bursting into an array of crushed rocks, iron ore, tree bark and black truffles notes. The concentrated, densely packed, full-bodied palate is not in the least bit heavy, delivering a refreshing backbone of red berry and dried herbs suggestions, framed by seamless acidity and very finely grained tannins, finishing on an epically long, fragrant earth note. Simply stunning.
James Suckling schreibt zum Chateau Haut Brion 2020 Pessac Leognan Folgendes:
This is a superb Haut-Brion with incredible tannins that are wonderfully fine-grained. It’s really powerful. This is very primary with so much grape-generated tannin structure. Very, very long, going on for minutes. Seductive and friendly at the start and then takes you on at the finish with so much structure. Wine of the vintage?
Das meint die Vinous-Mannschaft um Antonio Galloni zum Chateau Haut Brion:
The 2020 Haut-Brion was picked September 7–29. It has a more opulent, more precocious bouquet compared directly with its neighbor across the road, resplendent with layers of black cherry, wild strawberry, black olives and a touch of inkwell. Perhaps it displays slightly less mineralité compared to La Mission Haut-Brion? The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins and a disarming satiny texture matched by a perfect line of acidity. It builds beautifully in the glass, and yet as I constantly return to the La Mission, it does not possess quite the same thrilling tension and pixelation. This is still a magnificent, bold and almost audacious Haut-Brion and I am intrigued to see how it develops in barrel.
Vom Falstaff-Magazin mit 96-98 Punkten bewertet
Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Mit einem Hauch von Nougat unterlegte dunkle Waldbeeren, ein Hauch von Kirschen, zarte Holzwürze, feiner Touch von Vanille unterlegt. Stoffig, reife Brombeeren und Kirschen, ein Hauch von Nougat, frisches Säurekleid, finessenreicher Säurebogen, rotbeeriger Touch, mineralisch-salzig im Abgang, klassischer Stil, sicheres Reifepo- tenzial.
