Château Haut-Brion 2005

Characteristics and tasting advice for Château Haut-Brion 2005

Tasting

Color
Dense, almost black.

Nose
Stunning aromatic intensity, with notes of smoke, Havana, roasted coffee beans and fresh fruits like redcurrant and cherry.

Palate
The attack reveals a surprising density. The wine is long, creamy, broad and powerful while maintaining a beautiful freshness. The aromatic persistence is incredibly long, in a perfect balance between power and harmony.

Food and wine pairings

This great wine will pair perfectly with noble red meats.

Service and aging

Château Haut-Brion 2005 can be kept until around 2070.

An exceptional 2005 vintage in the Pessac-Léognan appellation

The property

The oldest of the Bordeaux Grands Crus, the Château Haut-Brion benefits from a rich heritage built over five centuries of history. Founded in 1533 by Jean de Pontac in the Graves region, the wine of Château Haut-Brion was quickly coveted and appreciated by the greatest monarchs of Europe. In 1663, Samuel Pepys, a member of the English Parliament, unknowingly contributed to the success of Château Haut-Brion through his diary, writing " And there, I drank a sort of French wine called Ho-Bryan which had a very particular good taste that I had never encountered... ". The legend was born. First Grand Cru Classé outside Médoc in 1855 and recognized as a Classified Growth in the Official Classification of Graves Wines in 1959, Château Haut-Brion continues to write the legend of the greatest wines in the world by confirming, vintage after vintage, its exceptional consistency.

The vineyard

A reference among the great wines of Pessac-Léognan and located in the heart of the Pessac agglomeration, Château Haut-Brion has an exceptional terroir on soils composed of multicolored gravels, producing sumptuous, elegant, precise wines with incredible consistency from one vintage to another.

The vintage

2005 was a historically dry year with a significant winter water deficit. April was wet, but rains were rare until the harvest. Temperatures remained high throughout the year, with climatic conditions close to the 1949 vintage. The grapes, in perfect health, presented small berries of a concentration never known before.

Blend

Merlot (56%)
Cabernet sauvignon (39%)
Cabernet franc (5%).