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1969 vintage red wine– Chateau Haut-Brion 1969
The 1969 Château Haut-Brion is a red wine from the Pessac-Léognan appellation in Bordeaux, France, and is a Premier Grand Cru Classé.
The 1969 vintage in Bordeaux was notoriously difficult due to heavy rains, which resulted in many diluted red wines.
Despite this, some bottles of the 1969 Château Haut-Brion still retained the estate’s signature characteristics.
The high proportion of Merlot in Haut-Brion’s blend, compared to other First Growths, gives it a unique style and allowed it to age well even in a less favourable year.
The wine is dry, with fine, supportive tannins and a long finish.
Award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London sells this 1969 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.”
