Château Haut-Brion 2015 Premier Grand Cru Classé red wine bottle with illustrated château label, Bordeaux, France.
Back label of Château Haut-Brion 2015 Premier Grand Cru Classé, Pessac-Léognan Bordeaux red wine, detailing origin and bottling.

Château Haut-Brion Premier Grand Cru Classé 2015

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Château Haut-Brion is a true legend, and the 2015 vintage perfectly embodies why it remains one of Bordeaux’s most coveted wines. As one of only five Premier Grand Cru Classé (1st Growths) since the 1855 Bordeaux Classification, Haut-Brion is renowned for its finesse, complexity, and exceptional aging potential. With a rare 100-point score from multiple critics, the 2015 vintage is not only a standout addition to any collection but also an investment-grade wine that will continue to be highly sought after for years to come.

Drink window,2024 to 2065
Historical performance*, Investment grade
Type,Red wine
Varietals,Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot
Vintage,2015
ABV,15%
Country,France
Region,Bordeaux
Sub region,Pessac Leognan
Bottle size,750ml
Bottle closure,Cork

*10-year performance (or since release). As at Jan 2025
Data source: WineSearcher
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Flavour & structure
Black fruit Earthy & forest floorFine tanninsLong finish
Food pairing
Red meatSteak & BBQMushroom & earthy dishesCheese

What the experts say about this wine

A blend of 50% Merlot, 8% Cabernet Franc and 42% Cabernet Sauvignon, the medium to deep garnet-purple colored 2015 Haut-Brion is reticent to begin, languidly revealing crushed black cherries, ripe black plums and wild blueberries with sparks of cinnamon stick, cloves, nutmeg, espresso, unsmoked cigars, tapenade, crushed rocks and lavender. The full-bodied palate possesses wonderfully complementary contrasts of bold black and blue fruit richness and delicately nuanced cherry fruit, baking spices and floral accents, strutting ripe, finely pixelated tannins and seamless acidity that is placed firmly in the background, finishing very long and with plenty of attitude. This impeccably poised, exquisitely perfumed 2015 Haut-Brion possesses the most alluring yet seemingly effortless beauty. While it bears only a passing resemblance in its opulent personality to the now legendary 1989, like that vintage the 2015 cannot fail to hedonically satiate and intellectually edify all lovers of great Bordeaux who drink it. What’s more, it also has the blue-blooded tenaciousness to remain this jaw-droppingly impressive, throughout its many guises over time, and for a very, very long time. Drink: 2024-2064

The 2015 Haut Brion is a perfect wine that couldn’t be any better and is certainly at the top of this great vintage. A blend of 50% Merlot, 42% Cabernet Sauvignon, and the balance Cabernet Franc, this full-bodied, concentrated, backward, yet sensationally pure 2015 boast knockout notes of blackcurrants, smoked tobacco, ground herbs, and graphite, with a terrific damp earth/minerality quality emerging with time in the glass. Straight, focused, and built like a skyscraper, with a stacked mid-palate, forget bottles for 7-8 years and enjoy over the following three to four decades. Drink: 2025-2060

A huge, dramatic wine, the 2015 Haut-Brion is magnificent. Vertical in its construction and towering in its reach, the 2015 is going to need a good decade-plus to even start becoming approachable, as it needs to lose baby fat and develop the full range of its aromatics. Even at this early stage, though, it is wonderfully complete and positively stunning. Drink: 2030-2065.

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