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2003 vintage red wine for sale – Château Haut-Brion 2003
The 2003 Château Haut-Brion is a full-bodied red Bordeaux blend from the Pessac-Léognan region.
It is noted for its opulent, ripe fruit profile resulting from that year’s intense European heatwave.
It has a complex bouquet of blackcurrants, plums, and figs, along with signature Pessac-Léognan notes of tobacco smoke, scorched earth, and “hot rocks”.
The palate has extremely high but well-concealed tannins.
This 2003 vintage red wine wine hit 13% natural alcohol, which was considered high for the estate at the time but is now seen as modest.
Award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London has this 2003 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.”
