Le Clarence de Haut-Brion 2010

Type: Red Wine      Volume: 750ml

Winery: Haut Brion

Country: France     Region: Bordeaux

District: Pessac Leognan

Grapes Varieties: 52% Merlot, 36% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Cabernet Franc

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Ratings and Tasting Notes:

RP93: The second wine of Haut-Brion is now called Le Clarence de Haut-Brion, and the 2010 is among the finest I have tasted there. It is a broad, powerful and more muscular wine than its cross-street rival, La Chapelle de la Mission, but all the same, it is wonderfully fresh and precise, with notes of blueberry and boysenberry as well as hints of smoke and wet stones. Endowed with gorgeous fruit, texture, purity and elegance, this relatively dense second wine demonstrates how draconian the selection process has become for the top estates in Bordeaux in recent years. The blend of this wine is 52% Merlot, 36% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest mostly Cabernet Franc with just a touch of Petit Verdot.