France Bordeaux Château Haut-BaillyHaut Bailly

1999 Haut Bailly

Haut Bailly

85Average Score

Bordeaux / France

Red

This wine is light to medium-bodied, with sweet currant and smoke-infused flavors and some oak in the background, but plenty of red fruits, vanilla, and dried herbs. This is a soft, well-balanced wine to drink now and over the next 12-15 years. Apr 2002, www.robertparker.com

Robert Parker Score: 88/100

12x75cl

0 Immediate | 1 Marketplace

£987.00

Scores + Notes

Average Score

Robert ParkerScore: 88/100

Light yet fresh, with pleasant mineral, berry and cherry. Light- to medium-bodied, it's rather short. James Suckling, Wine Spectator 2000.

Wine SpectatorScore: 80-84/100

About The Producer

The producer

Château Haut-Bailly

Chris Wilmers was at graduate school when his father Bob, the head of one of the largest commercial banks in the United States bought Château Haut-Bailly in 1998 from the Sanders family. Chris forged a successful career in environmental science while sitting on the Board of Directors at Haut-Bailly and, upon his father's death in 2017, the Professor of Ecology at Santa Cruz university took over the role of President. However, the day to day management of the estate presides with Véronique Sanders, a grand-daughter of Belgian wine merchant Daniel Sanders who had bought Haut-Bailly in 1955, and became the fourth generation to take care of this understated yet refined Graves red wine specialist.

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Product Details

Country

France

Region

Bordeaux

Sub-region

Pessac Leognan

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

Alcohol %

Product Type

Still wine

Product Subtype

Drinking Window