Reviews & Ratings
2006 Chateau Haut Brion French - Bordeaux
Winery: Chateau Haut Brion
Vintage: 2006
Wine Name/Vineyard:
Wine Category: French - Bordeaux
Grape blend: 57% Merlot, 41% Cabernet Sauvignon & 2% Cabernet Franc
Bottle size: 750 ml
Region: Pessac Leognan
State or country: France
Price: $575
Cases produced: 11,000
KWG Score: 95.4 (based on 6 reviews)
Ken's Wine Rating: Excellent (96.5)
Review date: September 2, 2025
Wine Review: We recently conducted a retrospective tasting of older very high-end Bordeaux offerings. This clear and dark ruby colored Merlot based blend from Chateau Haut-Brion opens with a cedar and pencil shaving bouquet with a hint of cassis. On the palate, this wine is medium plus bodied with integrated medium acidity. The mouthfeel is balanced, round, and slightly viscous. The flavor profile is black cherry and graphite blend with notes of oak and cassis. I also detected hints of black pepper and anise. The finish is dry, and its flavors, acidity, and moderate tannins build up and stick around for quite some time. Everyone that tried this wine thought it had a long life ahead of it. In the meantime, we would decant this impressive Bordeaux before serving it with a well-marbled ribeye steak. Enjoy - Ken (Tasted on 8/23/25)
Winemaker Notes: Elegance would be the word that best describes this wine. Its color is a very deep red. The nose, at first reserved, opens up softly and slowly. Notes of minerals are followed by red berries, then an earthy whiff dominated by an aroma of fresh ground coffee beans. Before you know it the wine charms you with all of its incredible complexity. The mouth is silky. The treatment of this vintage’s special tannins renders them astonishingly suave. Their freshness carries them along eventually towards an unending length on the palate. One will without a doubt need great patience to await the future when one can truly profit from the potential of this great vintage of Château Haut-Brion.
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