4 magnums per lot
Details
Château Haut-Brion--Vintage 1955
Pessac (Graves), 1er cru classé
Levels: one just below top, three upper and one mid-shoulder; one bin soiled label, one heavily soiled and one soiled label, one with vintage typed on label
Never very deep, yet rich, ruby-centred. The nose is consistently earthy, with lovely, ripe, soft and gentle progressions. Haut-Brion is always the odd-man-out, quite different in taste from the first-growth Médocs: earthy, tobacco, sometimes charred, bracken-like or tarry, but - since the last war - consistently well made and elegant. A fine wine but a bit more austere than its peers. MB
4 magnums per lot
Pessac (Graves), 1er cru classé
Levels: one just below top, three upper and one mid-shoulder; one bin soiled label, one heavily soiled and one soiled label, one with vintage typed on label
Never very deep, yet rich, ruby-centred. The nose is consistently earthy, with lovely, ripe, soft and gentle progressions. Haut-Brion is always the odd-man-out, quite different in taste from the first-growth Médocs: earthy, tobacco, sometimes charred, bracken-like or tarry, but - since the last war - consistently well made and elegant. A fine wine but a bit more austere than its peers. MB
4 magnums per lot