Château La Tour Haut Brion 1978 Bottle (75cl) LDC
Château La Tour Haut Brion 1978 is a red wine from Pessac-Léognan in Bordeaux, classified as a Cru Classé de Graves. Produced by Château La Tour Haut Brion, it blends Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. The Wine Advocate awards it 95/100 with a drinking window ranging from 2000 to 2020; Jancis Robinson rates it 18/20, with a window of 1990 to 2010. Critics describe a rich, well-structured wine with assertive tannins, whose dark fruit, freshness and tertiary complexity have developed beautifully with age.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Mid Shoulder
- Capsule Condition
- Lightly Damaged Capsule
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Pessac Léognan
- Producteur / Domaine
- Château La Tour Haut Brion
- Millésime
- 1978
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
Château La Tour Haut Brion
Château La Tour Haut-Brion was a Pessac-Léognan estate situated in Talence, on a vineyard neighbouring Château La Mission Haut-Brion. Acquired by Domaine Clarence Dillon in 1983, it ceased to be marketed under its own name after the 2005 vintage. The grapes from its plots were subsequently incorporated into the wines of Château La Mission Haut-Brion.
- Owner
- Domaine Clarence Dillon
- Surface (ha)
- 5.05 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- environ 27 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
In the Middle Ages, the terroir of La Tour Haut-Brion formed part of the La Tour Rostaing estate. The Rostaing family were already cultivating vines there in the 16th century. In the mid-18th century, the estate belonged to Guillaume Joseph Saige. It then passed to the Cayrou brothers in the 19th century, who added ‘Haut-Brion’ to its name. In the 1930s, the estate became part of the Woltner family’s holdings, which were then linked to the neighbouring property of Château La Mission Haut-Brion. La Tour Haut-Brion was classified as a Graves cru classé for red wines in the 1953 classification. Domaine Clarence Dillon acquired Château La Mission Haut-Brion and its associated estates, including La Tour Haut-Brion, in 1983. The estate was then managed as part of the same technical operation as Haut-Brion and La Mission Haut-Brion. The 2005 vintage was the last to be produced under the Château La Tour Haut-Brion label. From the 2006 harvest onwards, the grapes were incorporated into the wines of Château La Mission Haut-Brion, bringing an end to the estate’s independent commercial existence.
