with dense fruit

A blend of 60% Merlot and 40% Cabernet Franc

and based on the results

and precisely sculpted with silky tannins

Château Haut-Brion Premier Cru Classé, Pessac-Leognan, 2025, 75cl [PRIMEUR] 6-set with dense fruitThe 2023 Haut Brion exhibits a more Cabernet inflected personality than the richer 2022, offering up a deep but youthfully reserved bouquet of dark wild berries, licorice, smoke and pencil lead mingled with notions of cigar wrapper, nicely integrated new oak and spices. Full bodied, deep and velvety, it's layered and concentrated, with a deep core of fruit structured around abundant but velvety tannins, concluding with a long, controlled finish.