{"product_id":"chateau-haut-brion-pessac-leognan-premier-grand-cru-classe-2009-1-5l","title":"Château Haut-Brion - Pessac-Léognan (Premier Grand Cru Classé) 2009 (1.5L)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCritical Acclaim\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e100 points International Wine Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2009 Haut-Brion is an utterly magical wine that delivers on every level and my even be the finest wine from this epic vintage. Composed of 46% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon and 14% Cabernet Franc, this instantly impresses as it displays a gorgeous brooding red color, followed by incredibly expressive aromatics of ripe blackberries and dark plums, which are accented by cedar, cinnamon, smoked meat, smoldering tobacco and mocha nuances. The palate is hedonistic and inundates the senses with purple plums, sweet berries, cloves and a kiss of milk chocolate. It ends with a whiff of burnt ember and sweet tobacco with a finish that replays all the flavors and remains persistent for at least a minute. This a legendary wine and will forever go down in Haut-Brion lore. (JD, 05\/2020)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e100 points James Suckling\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExtravagant and exotic, but still lively, this is a super-concentrated and elegant wine that's already breathtaking, yet has enormous aging potential. Plenty of wet earth and mushroom character alongside the cassis and blackberry aromas. Super-long, perfectly balanced finish.(03\/2019)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e100 points Wine Advocate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat a blockbuster effort! Atypically powerful, one day, the 2009 Haut-Brion may be considered to be the 21st century version of the 1959. It is an extraordinarily complex, concentrated effort made from a blend of 46% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon and 14% Cabernet Franc with the highest alcohol ever achieved at this estate, 14.3%. Even richer than the perfect 1989, with similar technical numbers although slightly higher extract and alcohol, it offers up a sensational perfume of subtle burning embers, unsmoked cigar tobacco, charcoal, black raspberries, wet gravel, plums, figs and blueberries. There is so much going on in the aromatics that one almost hesitates to stop smelling it. However, when it hits the palate, it is hardly a letdown. This unctuously textured, full-bodied 2009 possesses low acidity along with stunning extract and remarkable clarity for a wine with a pH close to 4.0. The good news is that there are 10,500 cases of the 2009, one of the most compelling examples of Haut-Brion ever made. It requires a decade of cellaring and should last a half century or more. Readers who have loved the complexity of Haut-Brion should be prepared for a bigger, richer, more massive wine, but one that does not lose any of its prodigious aromatic attractions. (RP, 02\/2012)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e98 poitns Decanter\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere's exceptional purity to the dark, sombre fruit that spills out of the glass, pristine and glistening. Despite the intense ripeness, it's peppered with freshness in the form of caperberry salinity, cranberry lift and bright acidity. Big boned, with cotton-wool tannins and marvellous poise and presence. (NE, 06\/2024)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e98 points Wine Spectator\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis enormous young wine is among the most backward of the vintage at this early stage, with iron-clad grip holding the broad, deep core of blackberry, cassis and roasted fig notes in check for now. The finish is a torrent of dense, almost compressed layers of tobacco leaf, hot paving stone, singed bay leaf and tar that will take at least a decade to massage together fully. This one is for the kids born in 2009. (JM, 03\/2012)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Logan, Chateau Haut-Brion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48101492293856,"sku":"130798","price":2203.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/9713\/0464\/files\/chateau-haut-brion-pessac-leognan-premier-grand-cru-classe_1_ad3486fc-c30e-4742-94bb-9d18607f7c3b.jpg?v=1762381769","url":"https:\/\/www.mywineconnection.com\/products\/chateau-haut-brion-pessac-leognan-premier-grand-cru-classe-2009-1-5l","provider":"My Wine Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}