Chateau Haut-Brion 1998
- Producer Chateau Haut-Brion
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Pessac-Leognan
- UPC 0 15643 60011 1
Current 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.
A very good year
Very classic deep, dense color. Although slightly closed, the nose discovers a handsome complexity and immense richness. The whole evolves with an evident softness where a mixture of the suaveness and inky depth of a seasoned Porto comes to mind. The slightly caramelized ripe fruit melds its hint of wood with the more obvious notes of roasted coffee and cacao. The tannin is superb and still dense. Altogether one finds volume with a rich promise of intensity to come. A very good year that one should patiently wait for
Weather conditions
Sum of temperatures : 3354 Celsius
Rain : 537 mm
Days where temperature above 30 Celsius : 22
Harvest : from 15/09/1998 to 30/09/1998
Rain : 537 mm
Days where temperature above 30 Celsius : 22
Harvest : from 15/09/1998 to 30/09/1998
