CHÂTEAU HAUT BRION 1983
CHÂTEAU HAUT BRION 1983
CHÂTEAU HAUT BRION 1983
CHÂTEAU HAUT BRION 1983
CHÂTEAU HAUT BRION 1983
CHÂTEAU HAUT BRION 1983
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1983

CHÂTEAU HAUT BRION 1983

Wine 1983 1er Cru Classé  Bordeaux Pessac Leognan
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91 / 100
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate July - 2010
Robert PARKER - The Wine Advocate
I have always had a soft spot for the Haut-Brion 1983 as one of the “friendliest” of the First Growths. Though not a top-tier Haut-Brion, the 1983 has developed a fine earthy, leathery bouquet that is similar to the ’86 but without the same vigour or complexity. The palate is very harmonious with a citrus-tinged entry, its lack of depth and length compensated by poise and tension. Sandalwood, cedar and a touch of truffle and smoke towards the finish. Lovely. A point. 
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92 / 100
Jean-Marc Quarin November - 2017
Jean-Marc Quarin
Medium intensity and highly evolved color. Intense nose, where the fruitiness has disappeared to give way to truffle and smoke. Mellow on the palate entry, smooth on the development, particularly aromatic, truffled, the wine develops on a smoky note and finishes long, flavorsome, with a slightly grainy tannic presence for the first time in this tasting.
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90 / 100
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider May - 2013
Jeff Leve - The Wine Cellar Insider
Slightly past fully mature, this elegant, medium bodied, finesse styled wine delivers sweet cherries, smoke, tar, tobacco and forest floor scents. Soft and refined, this lighter vintage requires drinking, as there is not enough stuffing to allow for further development. It was nice seeing this wine after so many years as it was the first vintage of Haut Brion I ever tasted.
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92 / 100
Falstaff January - 2010
Falstaff
3 / 5
Michael Broadbent January - 2000
Michael Broadbent
 A quintet of notes : first at the chateau in september 1984. Good wine, texture and length. Curiously, its youthful nose reminded me of thoroughbred stables. I described it as sweet, rather caramel-like and 'brown sugar' respectively. The usual earthy-tobacco flavour, fairly tannic. At 17 years of age the'83 had an open, mature, orange-brown rim; a fully developed, slightly smelly and stalky nose, showing its age.
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93 / 100
Tom Cannavan January - 2003
Tom Cannavan
The colour is a rich, browning ruby. The nose displays a lovely hint of horsey, sweaty saddle, old leather and a definite touch of Brettanomyces, which is absolutely not a problem here, but adds to a complex character with some bay leaf notes and deep, sweet, berried fruit. The palate is beautifully balanced with a terrifically polished character of svelte tannins adding grip, and good fruit that still has life about it. Fine length here, and this is drinking better than a bottle I had a couple of years ago. Absolutely a point on this evidence.
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Vintage Wine  1983
Classification Médoc - 1er Cru Classé 
Region Bordeaux
Appellation Pessac Leognan
Colour Red
Volume 0.75 l
Country France
Alcohol content 13.00% vol
Château Château Haut Brion
Château Haut Brion
Château Haut Brion

It was in 1855 that Château Haut Brion was honored with the highest distinction of Médoc wines: Premier Cru Classé. This title is all the more exceptional as Château Haut Brion is the only non-Médoc estate to be part of the Médoc wine classification, but also of the Graves wine classification as a Cru Classé!

Its terroir is very similar to that of Latour. While not the most concentrated, Haut Brion is the noblest of the great Pessac-Léognan wines and its longevity is unparalleled in this area. The silkiness of its tannins is always exceptional.

Château Haut-Brion is the oldest and yet the smallest in size of the Bordeaux vineyards classified as First Growths (Château Lafite-Rothschild, Château Latour, Château Margaux, Château Mouton Rothschild, Château Haut-Brion). Although vineyards have been present in the region since at least Roman times, the first mention of the Haut-Brion vineyard dates back only to 1423. In the early days, wines were known by the names of the parishes from which they came. Haut Brion was founded in 1525 by Jean de Pontac and since then, illustrious figures have succeeded one another. The last of these, Clarence Douglas Dillon, was Secretary of the Treasury of the United States under the Kennedy administration. As its reputation grew, the name of the estate came to replace that of its owners. The concept of Grand Cru was born! We find the first mention of it in Samuel Pepys' diary, who wrote on April 10, 1663: "I have just tasted a French wine called Ho-Bryan (sic) which has the best and most special taste I have ever encountered..."

Among the many great vintages of Château Haut Brion, the exceptional vintages are 1926, 1945, 1953, 1959, 1961, 1982, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000.

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