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Château Bahans Haut-Brion

Region France - Bordeaux (Graves)
Grape Cabernet-Sauvignon/Merlot/Cabernet Franc
Producer Château Haut-Brion
Vintage 2005
Colour Red
Dryness Medium Dry
Body Medium Bodied
Food Beef/Venison/Duck
Drink Best laid down
Château Bahans Haut-Brion - 2005
Château Haut-Brion



Ref: A046005

Péssac-Léognan

The second wine of famous Haut-Brion. Just as Haut-Brion has shone as a star since the late 1970s so has this second wine. We first tasted this at Haut-Brion and were deeply impressed with its concentrated black-purple colour, its earthy, spicy black fruit nose and wonderfully textured palate supported by super-ripe tannins. One of the top second wines in 2003 without a doubt. Drink 2009 to 2018.

Although by all accounts the vine has been rampant in these parts since at least Roman times, the earliest written mention that the château's archivist has discovered, citing a parcel of vines being cultivated at Haut-Brion dates back to only 1423.

In the early days wines were known by the name of the parishes from whence they came. Later they became known as clarets. In the case of Haut-Brion, under the great stewardship of the Pontac family the wine's reputation was for years represented by the name of this enlightened and well respected family-- Pontac wine.
Eventually as its renown grew, the name of the Estate came to replace that of its owners. The notion of a Great Growth was born! We find the first written mention of the wine in the Diaries of Samuel Pepys. While visiting the Royal Oak Tavern in London on April 10, 1663 Pepys wrote "There I drank a sort of French wine called Ho-Bryan (sic) which hath a good and most particular taste which I never before encountered....."

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