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Find this 1978 vintage red wine – Chateau Haut-Brion 1978 – for sale at award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London.
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1978 vintage red wine– Chateau Haut-Brion 1978
The 1978 vintage is generally considered a “good” but not legendary year for Haut-Brion.
It has a more evolved and lighter style compared to powerhouse vintages like 1961 or 1989.
The nose has aromas of tobacco, cigar box, smoke, and tar.
On the palate, it is medium-bodied and savoury.
The finish is long and lingering, with a “stony” or mineral quality typical of the Pessac-Léognan terroir.
Award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London sells this 1978 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.”
