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98 TA.
"Jean-Philippe Delmas says his wine is a cross between 2008 and 2001, but it's surely better than that . . . . to me this is the red wine of the vintage: a classic Haut-Brion with structure, restraint, savoury tannins, strawberry and plum skin fruit characters, palate-cleansing freshness and delightful harmony and balance. The shorter macerations and gentle extraction of tannins, not to mention the work in the vineyard and on the sorting table, paid off." Tim Atkin MW, TimAtkin.com, April 2012 |