2008 Haut Brion Blanc
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The 2008 Haut Brion Blanc is straight-up thrilling and ranks with the top handful of whites in the vintage. Based on 55% Semillon and 45% Sauvignon, it has awesome minerality as well as vivid notes of yellow fruits, citrus, flowers, and wet stone. Full-bodied, deep, concentrated, and perfectly balanced, it’s singing today, and I don’t expect that to change any time soon.
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This stunningly rich blend of 55% Semillon and 45% Sauvignon Blanc exhibits great fruit intermixed with notes of lanolin, damp earth, graphite, honeyed citrus and orange butter. Drink this beauty over the next 2 decades.
This stunningly rich blend of 55% Semillon and 45% Sauvignon Blanc exhibits great fruit intermixed with notes of lanolin, damp earth, graphite, honeyed citrus and orange butter. Drink this beauty over the next 2 decades. May 2011, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
Ch. Haut-Brion is the only classified growth in Pessac-Léognan. One of the five First Growths, it is renowned for producing both exceptional reds and whites. Along with its sister estate, Ch. la Mission Haut-Brion, it is part of the Clarence Dillon stable.