Chateau Haut Brion 1979

Professional reviews

Robert Parker (93)

One of the top three or four wines of the vintage, the 1979 Haut-Brion has put on weight in its evolution in the bottle, and although fully mature, shows no signs of decline. The color is a dark garnet with some amber at the edge. The wine shows a very sweet nose of fruitcake intermixed with damp earth, tobacco, smoke, liquid mineral, black currants, and a hint of creosote. Medium to full-bodied, with excellent power and lushness, this is an atypically rich, layered, authoritatively flavorful wine that seems almost out of character for the vintage.

Winespectator (88)

Rich, ripe fruit character beneath a layer of chewy tannins. A bit lean in texture but generous with its focused flavors.

Rene Gabriel (17)

Rene Gabriel rates this wine 17/20 points.