2016 La Clarte de Haut Brion Blanc
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Succulent and structured, rich and powerful, layered with yuzu, salted lemon rind, sage and steel. 40% new oak for ageing, this is a Clarté to look out for. In 2016 much of the Sémillon that usually would go in the 1st wines (drawn from both Haut-Brion Blanc and La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc vines) was used here. Exceptional quality, perfect moment to drink. One of the wines of the night, overperforming expectations and utterly knockout.
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James Suckling
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The 2016 Clarté Haut-Brion Blanc has an open-knit bouquet of orange blossom, lemon curd and light nutty aromas, hints of candle wax emerging with time. The palate is well balanced with a lightly spiced opening. There’s plenty of grilled walnut and smoke here, and something almost white-Rioja-like toward the finish – and I mean that as a complement. This has just gained a little complexity in recent months. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.
Tasted blind. Slightly sweaty notes and a little dull. Competent but no ingredient X. Though it was juicy and suggested future evolution. Could be Domaine de Chevalier? (JR)
Informazioni sul produttore
Ch. Haut-Brion è l'unico cru classificato di Pessac-Léognan. Uno dei cinque Prime Cru, è rinomato per la produzione di vini rossi e bianchi eccezionali. Insieme alla tenuta gemella, Ch. la Mission Haut-Brion, fa parte della scuderia Clarence Dillon.