Château Haut-Bages Libéral Pauillac Grand Cru classé 2016

CHÂTEAU HAUT-BAGES LIBÉRAL

Château Haut-Bages Libéral Pauillac Grand Cru classé
2016

$96.00

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Product code
14955781
Format
12 x 750ml
Listing type
SAQ Specialty by lot
Status
Store Only
Type of product
Still wine
Licensee price
$83.52
Country
France
Regulated designation
Appellation origine controlée (AOC)
Region
Bordeaux
Appellation
Pauillac
Classification
Grand cru classé
Varietal(s)
Cabernet Sauvignon 70 %
Merlot 30 %
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Closure type
Cork
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About this winery

History The Libéral family founded the estate at the beginning of the 18th century. Generation after generation, they succeeded in forming a vineyard consisting of some of the best soil in Pauillac. This magnificent vineyard recaptured its youth in 1960 when the Cruse family acquired the property. The Cruses then implemented a replanting plan. Château Haut Bages Libéral was included among the fifth growths in the 1855 classification. Since the arrival of the Villars family in 1983, Haut...

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Press reviews

Vinous

- 95 points -

2018 (Vintage 2016)

 

 

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Decanter

- 92 points -

2018

Jane Anson, (Vintage 2016)

What a lovely run of Pauillacs in this vintage; hefty, deep, not subtle at this early stage, with chewy tannins, and long lives ahead. Not charming wines, but powerful. At Haut-Bages Libéral they're undergoing conversion to organic and biodynamic. They harvested right through until 19 October in 2016, and here the rich damson fruit and tannins are enrobed by oak, with some heat on the finish. Matured in 40% new oak. Eric Boissenot consults.

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La Revue des vins de France

17,5

(Vintage 2016)

Combinant la puissance du millésime et le raffinement dont le cru fait toujours preuve, le 2016 est assez irrésistible. C'est un vin raffiné et soyeux. Un Pauillac en dentelle.

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