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1963 vintage red wine for sale – Chateau Haut-Brion 1963 for sale at award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London.
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1963 vintage red wine for sale – Chateau Haut-Brion 1963
The 1963 Château Haut-Brion is a vintage red Bordeaux from the Pessac-Léognan appellation.
It is an example of a legendary First Growth château producing an impressive wine despite a difficult year.
The best-kept bottles can offer a profound tasting experience, even at over 60 years old.
A well-aged Haut-Brion 1963 displays a brown rim, consistent with a wine of its age.
It has a complex bouquet of earthy notes, garrigue, sous bois (undergrowth), cedar, coal, iodine, and even a hint of Islay whisky.
The palate is concentrated, with mostly earthiness and cedar, and subtle hints of caramel and liquorice.
You can find this 1963 vintage red wine for sale at award-winning Arden Fine Wines in London.
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.”
