Château Haut-Brion 1968

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1968 vintage red wine– Chateau Haut-Brion 1968

The 1968 Château Haut-Brion is a red wine from the Pessac-Léognan appellation in Bordeaux, France, and is a Premier Grand Cru Classé.

The 1968 vintage was a notoriously difficult year for Bordeaux, but Haut-Brion is noted for still producing a quality wine.

It is primarily a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.

Wine writer Harry Waugh noted in October 1971 that the 1968 Haut-Brion was “one of the very best of this indifferent vintage,” describing it as having “plenty of fruit and well-balanced”.

Today, drinkers can expect notes of leather, damp earth, and mushrooms.

Award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London sells this 1968 vintage red wine.

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.”