CHÂTEAU HAUT BRION 1953
CHÂTEAU HAUT BRION 1953
CHÂTEAU HAUT BRION 1953
CHÂTEAU HAUT BRION 1953
CHÂTEAU HAUT BRION 1953
CHÂTEAU HAUT BRION 1953
CHÂTEAU HAUT BRION 1953
CHÂTEAU HAUT BRION 1953
CHÂTEAU HAUT BRION 1953
CHÂTEAU HAUT BRION 1953
CHÂTEAU HAUT BRION 1953
CHÂTEAU HAUT BRION 1953
CHÂTEAU HAUT BRION 1953
CHÂTEAU HAUT BRION 1953
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1953

CHÂTEAU HAUT BRION 1953

Wine 1953 1er Cru Classé  Bordeaux Pessac Leognan
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99 / 100
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider October - 2018
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider
96 / 100
Franck Dubourdieu September - 2007
Franck Dubourdieu
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93 / 100
Wine Spectator April - 2013
Wine Spectator
Ripe, rich and powerful, with concentrated flavours of ripe pear, baked peach and glazed apricot that feature plenty of smoky notes. Offers a focused minerality and spiciness as well, with a long, plush finish of ripe gooseberry and tarragon cream. Drink now through 2040. 
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95 / 100
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate October - 1994
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate
Tasted 4 Times With Consistent Notes.Haut-Brion's 1953 is best purchased today in magnums or larger format bottles. Although it has been fully mature since its release, it has retained the hallmark, singed leather, tobacco leaf, super-ripe fragrance that makes Haut-Brion so distinctive. The wine is extremely soft, revealing considerable amber and rust at the edge, but it still possesses rich, creamy fruit and medium to full body. It does require drinking, so be very careful with regular sized bottled.
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Vintage Wine  1953
Classification Médoc - 1er Cru Classé 
Region Bordeaux
Appellation Pessac Leognan
Colour Red
Volume 0.75 l
Country France
Alcohol content 13.00% vol
Château Château Haut Brion
Château Haut Brion
Château Haut Brion

It was in 1855 that Château Haut Brion was honoured with the highest distinction of Médoc wines: Premier Cru Classé. This title is all the more exceptional as Château Haut Brion is the only non-Médoc estate to be part of the Médoc wine classification, as well as the Graves wine classification as a Cru Classé!

Its terroir is indeed very similar to that of Latour. While not the most concentrated, Haut Brion is the noblest of the great wines of Pessac-Léognan and its longevity is unmatched in this area. The silkiness of its tannins is always exceptional.

Château Haut-Brion is the oldest and yet the smallest in size of the Bordeaux vineyards classified as Premiers Grands Crus (Château Lafite-Rothschild, Château Latour, Château Margaux, Château Mouton Rothschild, Château Haut-Brion). Although vineyards have been present in the region since at least Roman times, the first mention of the Haut-Brion vineyard dates back only to 1423. In the early days, wines were known by the names of the parishes from which they came. Haut Brion was founded in 1525 by Jean de Pontac and since then, illustrious figures have succeeded one another. The last of these, Clarence Douglas Dillon, was Secretary of the Treasury under the Kennedy administration. As its reputation grew, the name of the estate came to replace that of its owners. The concept of Grand Cru was born! We find the first mention of it in Samuel Pepys' diary, who wrote on 10 April 1663: "I have just tasted a French wine called Ho-Bryan (sic) which has the best and most special taste I have ever encountered..."

Among the many great vintages of Château Haut Brion, the exceptional years are 1926, 1945, 1953, 1959, 1961, 1982, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000.

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