2024 Haut Bailly

Auslieferung bis zum Herbst 2027!
Delivery until Fall 2027!

Savoury, precise and poised, with lovely texture, softly spoken with high floral aromatics, rose petals, peony, fine tannins, drawn out character, long slow build of tension through the palate, unrolling to show white truffle and mint leaf. Tannic grip, estate signature, more softly spoken than in recent vintages, but Haut-Bailly has proved over and over again that it is capable of delivering over the long term, and that it delivers excellence even in challenging vintages - an upscore potential in bottle. Harvest 18 September to 4 October, 30hl/h yield. Gabriel Vialard technical director.
93/100 Jane Anson

(Pessac-Léognan; 58% Cabernet Sauvignon; 40% Merlot; 2% Cabernet Franc; a final yield of 30 hl/ha; pH 3.65; aged in 50% new oak; 13% alcohol; around half of the total production; tasted with Veronique Sanders at the property). There were no problems of coulure and millerandage here. Sandalwood, graphite, a hint of cedar, plump and plush dark berry and damson fruit. A little pink and green peppercorn. Subtle wild floral notes – small spring flowers. Sage and sprigs of thyme. So soft and gentle on the entry, hyper-layered a little like Don Giovanni’s list of conquests – each time you get to the bottom you find another line, another layer! Super refined, ultra-elegant and transcendent of the challenges we associate with the vintage. A very subtle note of red liquorice. So fine and gentle, so lithe and poised. A very great success. A lovely evolution in the glass too as the cedar starts to emerge. It’s actually very classical.
94-96/100 Colin Hay; The Drinks Business