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Find this 1991 vintage red wine for sale – Château Haut-Brion 1991 – at award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London.
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1991 vintage red wine for sale – Château Haut-Brion 1991
The 1991 vintage was significantly impacted by severe spring frosts in late April, which decimated early vegetation and led to a very limited production.
Despite these challenges, hot and dry conditions in July and August allowed the remaining grapes to ripen well.
The Château Haut-Brion 1991 has a deep garnet colour, often showing a brick rim indicative of its age.
Then it has a complex nose of earthy tones, tobacco, graphite, red currants, and hints of cedar, leather, and vanilla.
On the palate, it showcases flavours of red berries, smoke, and spice.
Overall, it has a supple and elegant structure.
Award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London has this 1991 vintage red wine for sale.
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.”
