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1945 vintage red wine – 1945 Château Haut-Brion
The 1945 Château Haut-Brion is a legendary Bordeaux wine.
Wine enthusiasts recognise it for its monumental quality, structure, and depth.
Furthermore, the estate produced this vintage at the end of World War II.
Consequently, experts consider it one of the finest and most iconic bottles in its history.
Notably, the exceptional ripeness and intensity marked the 1945 vintage, particularly with a hot, dry summer that yielded deeply concentrated grapes.
However, this was despite a dramatic frost in May that reduced the crop size.
Award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London offers 1945 vintage red wine – Chateau Haut-Brion 1945.
A brief history of Château Haut Brion
In 1855, the highest distinction of Médoc wines, Premier Cru Classé (First Growth), honoured Château Haut Brion.
In due course, Château Haut Brion became the only non-Médoc domain to join the Médoc wine list and the Graves wine classification.
Although it is not the most concentrated, Haut-Brion, on the other hand, stands out as the most noble of wines from Pessac.
Moreover, the industry recognises its longevity as unparalleled.
In addition, wine enthusiasts always find the silky tannins exceptional.
Furthermore, Château Haut-Brion claims the title of the oldest and yet the smallest of Premiers Grands Crus.
Interestingly, historians trace the first mention of vineyards of Haut-Brion back to 1423.
Subsequently, Jean de Pontac founded Haut-Brion as a wine estate in 1525.
Under Pontac’s leadership, the wine, in fact, first bore the name of this noble and respectable family.
As a result, as its reputation grew, the estate’s name eventually replaced that of its owners.
The English diarist Samuel Pepys noted on Friday 10th April 1663 a visit to the “Royall Oak Tavern, in Lumbard Street…
And here drank a sort of French wine, called Ho Bryan…
That hath a good and most particular taste that I never met with.”
