1993 Haut Bailly
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The 1993 Haut-Bailly has a very conservative nose: tobacco, sandalwood and singed leather, but it is missing some vigour and charm of previous vintages. The palate is medium-bodied with a core of dusty red fruit, sharp acidity and a rather abrasive dry finish that suggests this wine should be consumed now. Served from ex-château double magnum at the Académie du Vin dinner
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Haut-Bailly's dark ruby-colored 1993 offers a surprisingly intense, sexy, sweet, spicy, berry fruit-scented nose. The wine exhibits a lightly tannic edge, but this medium-bodied, ripe, excellent 1993 possesses charm, ripeness, richness, and a pure, well-balanced mouthfeel. Always a stylish wine, Haut-Bailly should improve for 1-3 years and last through the first decade of the next century. This wine can be purchased for a reasonable price.
This shows some potential. Medium in body, medium-silky tannins and a long cherry, chocolate and black olive aftertaste. Give it a year or two. Try in 1997. 11,917 cases made. James Suckling, Wine Spectator 1996.
Haut-Bailly's dark ruby-colored 1993 offers a surprisingly intense, sexy, sweet, spicy, berry fruit-scented nose. The wine exhibits a lightly tannic edge, but this medium-bodied, ripe, excellent 1993 possesses charm, ripeness, richness, and a pure, well-balanced mouthfeel. Always a stylish wine, Haut-Bailly should improve for 1-3 years and last through the first decade of the next century. This wine can be purchased for a reasonable price. Feb 1997, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
Quality at this château, now one of Pessac-Léognan’s leading wine estates, has risen exponentially under the reign of Véronique Sanders, with the property known for crafting wines of elegance and poise.