Chateau Bahans Haut-Brion1998
RED WINE
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Producer
Chateau Haut-Brion
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Blend
100% Red Bordeaux Blend
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Country
France
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Region
Bordeaux
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Appellation
Pessac-Leognan
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UPC
N/A
Technical Details
Tasting notes
Very lovely, rich and deep color. A smoky character, emblematic of the Haut-Brion terroir, shapes the first olfactory impression. Depending on the taster’s sensitivities, the wine may reveal burnt aromas as well as notes of roasted coffee, ripe fruit, prune, ripe banana, tobacco, caramel or licorice. We thus find a level of aromatic complexity perhaps unexpected in this second-label wine of Chateau Haut-Brion. It shares all of the top wine’s elegance and raciness. The terroir’s personality is highly evident in this wine, with exceptional balance and firm tannins that are both supple and ripe at the finish. Lovely structure on the palate. It is the perfect example of what a second-label wine of a first growth should be like; put simply, its presents all the qualities of the estate’s top wine on a reduced scale.
Vintage notes
Very rainy month of April. This characteristic proved remarkably useful as the month of May was dry, June normal, July normal largely due to two days of storms with very heavy rain. August was one of the driest on record and in September the downpours only began after September 25th.
Weather conditions
Sum of temperatures: 3354 °C.
Rain: 537 mm.
Days where temperature above 30 °C: 22.
Harvest: from 15 September to 30 September 1998.