Chateau Haut-Brion • Pessac-Leognan, France
Château Haut-Brion Blanc is the legendary dry white of this First Growth estate in Pessac-Léognan, produced from a tiny…Château Haut-Brion Blanc is the legendary dry white of this First Growth estate in Pessac-Léognan, produced from a tiny gravelly terroir in Graves and considered one of Bordeaux’s most coveted whites. Typically a Semillon–Sauvignon Blanc bl…Learn More »
$799
/750ml
2023 Retail Average
96
/100
2023 Pro Rating
Energy charges through the 2023 Château Haut-Brion Blanc, with vivid layers of lemon, white peach and pear wrapped around a core of cool, stony freshness. The blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon gives both bite and creaminess, so the wine glides across the palate yet stays tightly focused, finishing long, saline and seriously structured for long aging. This vintage feels slightly reserved today, but the depth and precision already suggest a great, slowly revealing white Bordeaux classic in the making.
Butter-poached lobster; roast chicken with tarragon; turbot with beurre blanc
Château Haut-Brion Blanc is the legendary dry white of this First Growth estate in Pessac-Léognan, produced from a tiny gravelly terroir in Graves and considered one of Bordeaux’s most coveted whites. Typically a Semillon–Sauvignon Blanc blend, it is barrel-fermented and aged on lees, yielding a powerful yet refined wine noted for its intense citrus and stone-fruit aromatics, creamy texture, and remarkable capacity to age. Its rarity and consistently high quality have made it a benchmark that rivals top white Burgundies in complexity and presti…