2024 Haut Brion Blanc
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Tasting Notes
In 2024, the blend of Haut-Brion Blanc is very similar to that for La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc – something that is very unusual. The nose is dominated by ripe, juicy white peach, freshly cut spring flowers and a hint of chamomile. On the palate, the level of concentration is striking, with everything you’d expect in terms of intensity and balance. This is elegant and complex, offering woven layers of ripe stone fruit and refreshing acidity. This is one of the best vintages of Haut-Brion Blanc we’ve ever tasted and likely one of the best 2024s. 13.7% alcohol and 3.22pH. Aged in 40% new oak. Blend: 56.1% Semillon, 43.9% Sauvignon
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Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate
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A blend of 56.1% Sémillon and 43.9% Sauvignon Blanc, the 2024 Haut-Brion Blanc reveals a complex, dense bouquet of smoke, iodine, white fruits and flowers mingled with delicate notes of citrus zest. Medium to full-bodied, it has a sappy and layered palate that's perfectly integrated, with a long, saline and ethereal finish. This vintage beautifully reconciles the intrinsic power of the terroir with the slow ripening of the growing season, resulting in a wine of remarkable finesse and vibrant white-fruited energy.
The 2024 Haut-Brion Blanc is seamless and textured in the glass. Silky and creamy in feel, with fabulous balance, Haut-Brion Blanc is shaping up to be one of the wines of the vintage. Marzipan, chamomile, spice, lemon confit and a kiss of French oak are all beautifully woven together. The long, sustained finish is a thing of beauty.
Palest gold in colour, beautiful quality, has intensity and grip, it hugs on to the palate, delivering white peaches, pear, apple orchard, fragrant and charming, with a sweet apricot puree and bitter fennel on the finish. Acidity and structure a little more pronounced here than on La Mission, clearly will go the distance, if a touch less charming right now. 40% new oak, harvest September 2 to 10. 3.22ph. 38hl/h yield
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.