Haut Brion - 1995 (750ml) 2001 where dried fig and date

where dried fig and date notes take over

the Melbury

Reminiscent of the 1982 Pichon Lalande (which never shut down and continues to go from strength to strength)

and in short

A classic Taillepieds

Haut Brion - 1995 (750ml) 2001 where dried fig and dateIt is fun to go back and forth between the 1995 and 1996, two superb vintages for Haut Brion. The 1995 seems to have sweeter tannin and a bit more fat and seamlessness when compared to the more structured and muscular 1996. Certainly 1995 was a vintage that the brilliant administrator Jean Delmas handled flawlessly. The result is a deep ruby purple colored wine with a tight but promising nose of burning wood embers intermixed with vanilla, spice box,