Château Haut Brion 1982 Bouteille (75cl) -5cm
Château Haut-Brion 1982 is a red wine from Pessac-Léognan, Premier Grand Cru Classé of 1855, produced by Château Haut-Brion, owned by Domaines Clarence Dillon. Its blend brings together 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. The grapes are hand-harvested, sorted and destemmed before fermentation; the grand vin is then aged for 18 to 20 months in new oak barrels, with the proportion of wood adjusted to the character of the vintage. The Wine Advocate awards it 96/100 with a drinking window of 2002-2040; Jancis Robinson rates it 20/20, to be drunk between 1990 and 2035. James Suckling gives it 100/100 and Wine Spectator 95/100. Critics describe an expansive and sensual wine with melted tannins, driven by ripe fruits and nuances of tobacco, cedar, smoke and warm earth, with a very persistent finish.
The bottle offered
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Original Wooden Case of 12
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- -5cm
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Wine details
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Pessac Léognan
- Producteur / Domaine
- Château Haut Brion
- Millésime
- 1982
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc
Château Haut Brion
Château Haut-Brion is an estate in Pessac, within the Pessac-Léognan appellation, in the north of the Graves region and in the immediate vicinity of Bordeaux. Its 51-hectare vineyard lies on a terrace of gravel, with 48 hectares of red grape varieties and around 3 hectares of white grape varieties. Owned by Domaine Clarence Dillon since 1935, it is one of the Premiers Grands Crus Classés of 1855 and remains the only estate classified at this level outside the Médoc.
- Owner
- Domaines Clarence Dillon
- Maître de chais
- Florence Forgas
- Surface (ha)
- 51.00 ha
Histoire du domaine
The earliest known written reference to a wine identified with the Haut-Brion terroir dates from 1521. In 1533, Jean de Pontac acquired the rights to the noble estate of Haut-Brion, having received part of the land through his marriage to Jeanne de Bellon in 1525. He began construction of the château in 1549 and gradually organised the wine-growing estate. His descendants subsequently built up the wine’s reputation, particularly on the English market in the 17th century. Arnaud III de Pontac expanded the vineyard and contributed to the rise of a style of wine then known as ‘New French Claret’. Following several changes of ownership in the 18th and 19th centuries, Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand owned the estate from 1801 to 1804. In 1855, Château Haut-Brion was classified as a Premier Grand Cru Classé for its red wines, alongside Lafite, Latour and Margaux. The estate has carried out systematic bottling on the premises since 1923. The American banker Clarence Dillon acquired Château Haut-Brion on 13 May 1935 and, together with his nephew Seymour Weller, undertook a modernisation of the buildings and cellars. The Dillon family still owns the estate today through Domaine Clarence Dillon, which has been chaired and managed by Prince Robert of Luxembourg since 2008. Winemaking is currently overseen by the technical team led by Jean-Philippe Masclef, with Florence Forgas as cellar master.
