{"id":237,"date":"2019-02-25T14:10:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T13:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/?p=237"},"modified":"2019-02-25T14:44:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T13:44:39","slug":"5-things-to-know-about-chateau-haut-brion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/en\/5-things-to-know-about-chateau-haut-brion\/","title":{"rendered":"5 things you need to know about Ch\u00e2teau Haut-Brion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-238\" src=\"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/haut-brion.jpg\" alt=\"haut brion\" width=\"230\" height=\"260\" \/>While leafing through a wine catalog, you came across a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Buy Ch\u00e2teau Haut Brion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/chateau-haut-brion\"><strong>Ch\u00e2teau Haut-Brion<\/strong><\/a><\/span> and don't know anything about it? Don't panic! In the next few lines, you'll understand that this is, above all, an exceptional estate. After a brief overview of this wine, you'll discover the appellations associated with it and the vineyards from which it comes.<br \/>\nFinally, you'll enjoy a brief inventory of the pleasures this wine will leave in your mouth.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a title=\"Buy Haut-Brion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/chateau-haut-brion\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u25ba Discover all our Ch\u00e2teau Haut-Brion wines available for purchase \u25c4<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h2>An exceptional property<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Built by Jean de Pontac starting in 1549, Ch\u00e2teau Haut-Brion is a wine estate owned by the family business. <strong>Clarence Dillon Estate<\/strong>. Located just outside Bordeaux, in the commune of Pessac (in the Graves region), this prestigious estate is the fruit of several centuries of commitment, expenditure and innovation initiated by numerous wine-producing families.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h2>A legendary wine<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite the passage of time, Ch\u00e2teau Haut-Brion remains mythical and continues to produce <strong>wine of legendary quality<\/strong>. Guided over the years by a love of perfection and a unique savoir-faire, the skilled and passionate winemakers at Ch\u00e2teau Haut-Brion have never ceased to improve the quality of their production. Today, Ch\u00e2teau Haut-Brion produces wine of unprecedented nobility.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h2>A quality appellation: Pessac-L\u00e9ognan<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the 1855 classification of Bordeaux wines, the legendary Ch\u00e2teau Haut-Brion enjoys the appellation \" <strong>Premier grand cru class\u00e9 de Pessac-L\u00e9ognan<\/strong> \". This rare distinction is not the only one enjoyed by Ch\u00e2teau Haut-Brion. In the 1959 classification, it is also classed as \" <strong>cru class\u00e9 des graves<\/strong> \". (Read more <a title=\"Purchase of 1er grands crus class\u00e9s\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/premiers-grands-crus-classes\">1st classified growths available for purchase<\/a>)<br \/>\nNote that all <a title=\"Buy Pessac Leognan\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/pessac-leognan\">Pessac-L\u00e9ognan wines<\/a> The Ch\u00e2teau Haut-Brion is no exception, with its atypical expression of sublime wine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h2>Graves vineyard<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prestigious qualities of Ch\u00e2teau Haut-Brion wine are partly due to the terroir from which the grapes used in its production come. In fact, Haut-Brion's terroir is located in the <strong>Graves vineyard<\/strong>Graves is a subdivision of the Bordeaux vineyards. Situated along the left bank of the Garonne River, the Graves vineyards have a gravelly soil with a sandy-clay subsoil: highly favorable for winemaking. Taking advantage of the viticultural value of the Graves vineyard's fluvial gravels, Ch\u00e2teau Haut-Brion's winemakers produce top-quality wines known as \"vins de Graves\".<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">A magical tasting experience<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The legendary qualities of the wines produced by the Ch\u00e2teau Haut-Brion estate are revealed when you go on to taste them. Simply savoring a Haut-Brion magically awakens all your sensations as a wine lover. Wine aficionados who have already tasted Ch\u00e2teau Haut-Brion unanimously praise the wine's remarkable depth, admirable roundness and immeasurable aromatic richness.<br \/>\nOnce in the mouth, just the<strong>elegant tannins<\/strong>a Ch\u00e2teau Haut-Brion will let you experience the true magic of <a title=\"Online sales of fine wines\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\">fine wines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ch\u00e2teau haut-Brion also produces a second red wine, initially known as Ch\u00e2teau Bahans Haut-Brion and since the 2007 vintage as Le Clarence de Haut-Brion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once you've read all about it, Ch\u00e2teau Haut-Brion should hold no more secrets for you. All that remains is for you to choose the vintage of this wine that makes your heart beat faster and will certainly thrill your taste buds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a title=\"Buy Haut-Brion\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/chateau-haut-brion\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u25ba Discover all our Ch\u00e2teau Haut-Brion wines available for purchase \u25c4<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leafing through a wine catalog, you've come across a Ch\u00e2teau Haut-Brion and don't know anything about it? Don't panic! In the following lines, you'll understand that this is, above all, an exceptional estate. After a brief overview of this wine, you'll discover the appellations associated with it, and then the vineyards from which it...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,17,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-le-saviez-vous","category-grands-vins-de-bordeaux","category-pessac-leognan"],"gutentor_comment":0,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Achat-chateau-Haut-Brion-e1563807542680.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3899,"href":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions\/3899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comptoirdesmillesimes.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}