2014
Château Haut-Brion Blanc
Tasting notes
The bouquet shows considerable finesse and elegance.
The wine is very round on the palate, with impressive depth.
The volume and concentration are beautifully
complemented by fine acidity, and the aftertaste is fresh and hugely complex.
The weather
2014 was marked by an extraordinary Indian summer that saved the vintage. Fine spring weather was conducive to a good start to the growing season. However, challenging summer conditions seriously slowed down ripening. Fortunately, the month of September was absolutely beautiful, with dry, extremely sunny weather accompanied by highs of close to 30°C. This superb weather, with cool night-time temperatures, enabled the grapes to ripen beautifully, and they were able to be brought into the vat house having reached a perfect level of ripeness.
A few figures
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Harvest dates
From September 3rd to 11th
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Blend
Semillon: 68%
Sauvignon: 32% -
New barrels
54 %
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Alcohol
14.5 %
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Bottling date
On the 10th of June 2015