Chateau Haut-Bailly Pessac-Loognan 2016
100 Points, Jeb Dunnuck – 100 Points, Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux – 98 Points, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate – 98 Points, James Suckling
With such little of this wine to go around, I had to sneak this out to only a few dozen people. This is an incredibly special Library Bordeaux offer from an exceptional year that we managed to pry from Chateau Haut-Bailly’s cellar in Pessac-Leognan. I had this wine a few months back at a tasting and it absolutely stole the show. I’m telling you it has this combination of power and finesse that had the whole room talking. Especially at this stage 10 years later, it seems like this is only just beginning to showcase its full potential. With the masterful Denis Dubourdieu on this project as a consultant, it’s not a surprise this wine reached double 100-point perfection. It is absolutely flawless and impossible to put down. I just wish there was more to go around!
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100 Points, Jeb Dunnuck
I obviously underrated the 2016 Château Haut-Bailly on release, and it easily tops out my scale. A hypothetical blend of the 2009 and 2010, it has the opulence and sexiness of a ripe, sunny vintage (à la 2009) paired with incredible purity, concentration, structure, and elegance (à la 2010). Incredible aromatics of cassis, liquid violets, cedar pencil, flowers, and minerals give way to a full-bodied, multi-dimensional, layered Haut-Bailly offering ultra-fine tannins, flawless overall balance, nothing out of place, and the class to drink well today yet evolve for 30-40 years. Absolute perfection in wine, this is a modern-day Legend from director Veronique Sanders.
100 Points, Jane Anson
To kick off the 50 year retrospective of Haut-Bailly, we began with this exceptional 2016 (we had also tried the fragrant and nuanced 2019 in the tasting room). Still concentrated and powerful, its structure and poise is a clear reminder that the vintage sets the bar as one of the greatest Haut-Baillys in recent history. Fabulous wine, with layers of black olive paste, blueberry fruit, crayon, cigar box, luscious but still reserved, will go for decades. Harvest September 26 to October 18. Denis Dubourdieu’s last year as consultant, Gabriel Vialard winemaker, Véronique Sanders director, 55% new oak for ageing.
Château Haut-Bailly stands as one of the most respected historic wine estates in the Pessac-Léognan appellation within Bordeaux’s Graves along the Left Bank. While its viticultural roots trace back to 1461, this is really one of the oldest and best wine growers you’re going to find anywhere in the world.
In a departure from its Graves neighbors who often produce and a red and a white, Haut-Bailly focuses exclusively on their red wine with three versions of Bordeaux each vintage.The heart of the estate is a continuous 30-hectare vineyard block resting on a prominent, gravelly ridge, a topography that grants the vines superb natural drainage. Its most prized asset is a four-hectare plot of century-old vines planted in the late 19th century. Because they survived the devastating phylloxera blight, these ancient vines continue to bless the estate’s final blends with unparalleled historic character and depth.
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