1 magnum per lot
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Château Haut-Brion--Vintage 1945
Pessac (Graves), 1er cru classé. Château-bottled
Bin-soiled label. Level upper/top-shoulder
Tasting note: one of Haut-Brion's best ever vintages. It seems to have regained depth of colour with age, again almost opaque but with mature amber rim. On nose and palate, it is different from its Medoc peers. More earth, but not in a clodhopping way, and with a tobacco-like element to its taste. The bouquet variously described as gentle and fragrant, sweet, vanilla and chocolate, warm, spicy, complete and always remarkably good. Pretty full-bodied, yet velvety, with loads of sweetening and enriching alcohol, its tannin masked by richness and extract. Great length, wonderful aftertaste. M.B. (GVWBII)
1 magnum per lot
Pessac (Graves), 1er cru classé. Château-bottled
Bin-soiled label. Level upper/top-shoulder
Tasting note: one of Haut-Brion's best ever vintages. It seems to have regained depth of colour with age, again almost opaque but with mature amber rim. On nose and palate, it is different from its Medoc peers. More earth, but not in a clodhopping way, and with a tobacco-like element to its taste. The bouquet variously described as gentle and fragrant, sweet, vanilla and chocolate, warm, spicy, complete and always remarkably good. Pretty full-bodied, yet velvety, with loads of sweetening and enriching alcohol, its tannin masked by richness and extract. Great length, wonderful aftertaste. M.B. (GVWBII)
1 magnum per lot
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