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1957 vintage red wine – Chateau Haut-Brion 1957 for sale at award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London.
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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 recognizes 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.”
1957 vintage red wine – Chateau Haut-Brion 1957
The 1957 Château Haut-Brion is a first-growth Bordeaux from a vintage that was not considered great.
However, the wine itself is an example of a top producer making a high-quality, long-lasting wine in a less-heralded year.
Reviews from tasters many decades later describe it as a smoky, aromatic, and complex wine.
The US wine critic Robert Parker gave the wine 90 points, describing it as “exceptionally smoky, sweet, rich, impressively endowed,” and “fully mature”.
You can find this 1957 vintage red wine – Chateau Haut-Brion 1957 – for sale at award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London.
