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1973 vintage red wine– Chateau Haut-Brion 1973
The 1973 Château Haut-Brion is a red wine from the Pessac-Léognan appellation in Bordeaux, France.
The 1973 vintage was generally a lighter year for Bordeaux wines due to cool and wet conditions during the growing season.
This resulted in wines with less concentration and ageing potential compared to stronger vintages.
It is considered to be fully mature and has a nose of brown sugar, olives, and leather, with a balanced and smooth palate.
Its flavour profile is often appreciated for its complexity rather than its power.
Decanting should be minimal, just enough to remove potential sediment.
Award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London sells this 1973 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.”
