Château Haut Bailly 2005

Château Haut Bailly 2005

Pessac-Léognan - Cru Classé de Graves

95/100 Parker / 95 Wine Spectator / 95 James Suckling

Cellaring : 2022 - 2050

Wine Advocate's July 28, 2017 tasting: "The 2005 Haut Bailly is quickly becoming a glorious wine. You instantly fall in love with the purity of the nose, the succulent red cherries, wild strawberry and blueberry. It is still young and beautifully defined. The palate is quite structured like many in this vintage. It has a gentle grip on the palate, quite taut and linear, perhaps tightening up a little towards the end."

TASTING:

Cellaring potential: Can be drunk now. A mature wine.

Tasting : The wine of Château Haut-Bailly has a refined and pure bouquet with notes of dark chocolate infusing the precise fruit of red berries. It unfolds seductively in the glass. The palate has supple tannins and well-defined acidity. The finish is quite gripping. Elegance and power here.

MORE INFO:

Terroir Today: The 33-hectare vineyard of Chateau Haut Bailly has 30 hectares planted to 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot. This represents a change in the vineyard with less Cabernet Sauvignon, more Petit Verdot, and a reduction in Cabernet Franc over the years.

In fact, as the Cabernet Franc vines die, they are now being replaced by Cabernet Sauvignon. There is also a very small percentage of Malbec and Carmenere.

The terroir consists of gravel, sandstone and sand over limestone soils. The sandstone of the soils contains a large number of petrified fossils, which adds to the unique character of the wine. The vineyard consists of one large block of vines, which is separated only by a small road in the vineyard.

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