Haut Brion - 1996 (750ml) Size:750ml tobacco and toffee flavors yet

tobacco and toffee flavors yet fresh

full styled offering that loses none of its elegance in spite of its flavor authority

because it has sound underlying acidity as well as remarkable complexity and freshness

It is a very impressive

Haut Brion - 1996 (750ml) Size:750ml tobacco and toffee flavors yetWhile in some vintages La Mission Haut Brion and Haut Brion can be close in quality, that is not the case in this vintage. The 1996 Haut Brion, a blend of 50% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Sauvignon and 11% Cabernet Franc is clearly on a higher plane than the La Mission. There is something much more expansive and complete on the nose: greater depth of fruit, more harmonious with scents of underbrush, tar, black olive and this bottle perhaps less "feral" than I