2025 Haut Bailly

Auslieferung bis zum Herbst 2028!
Delivery until Fall 2028!

(Pessac-Léognan; 55% Cabernet Sauvignon; 36% Merlot; 5% Cabernet Franc; 4% Petit Verdot; a final yield of 28 hl/ha; 13.5% alcohol; tasted at the property before an extensive vertical with Veronique Sanders; Axel Marchal is the consultant). Much more radiant, more lifted, more aerial and also more substantial and more vibrant than the already strikingly impressive Haut Bailly II. More graphite than cedar at this early stage, but both will coarse through the plump, plush dark berry and stone fruits that soar from the glass in time. Here the peppery notes are a little more subtle and greener. Candlewax and patchouli, a little hint of incense. This is strikingly vivid again in the mouth, with great intensity ratcheted up by the relatively narrow frame the wine takes from the attack. The cassis comes through with aeration in the mouth, bringing additional lift and freshness and then we get to the layered plateau of silken textured fruit that conveys us to a distant horizon. Deeply impressive and unlike any other wine of the appellation.
96-98/100 Colin Hay

Château Haut-Bailly 2025 expresses Bordeaux’s highest form of understated elegance, perhaps as far as it can go. In this vintage, its purity, refinement, stillness, restraint, and a subtle inner pride are all brought into the light. Tasting it feels like catching a glimpse of Virgin Mary smiling gently, a soft glow spreading behind her, as blueberry and mulberry slowly brighten within the light, lifted by a delicate warmth. Notes of violet and red camellia drift past the nose, and in that moment, the mind falls into calm. The texture is supremely supple, carrying a quiet power to soothe, slowly nourishing the senses; even the most guarded spirit finds itself opening, surrendering to a fleeting moment of softness and peace. The familiar ink-like character, in 2025, transforms into a trace of bamboo-salt salinity, fine and persistent, leaving a pure and far-reaching return on the palate. A wine of such beauty feels almost unreal, requiring only a single backward glance to draw you completely into its spell.
98-99/100 Alexandre Ma

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2025 Haut-Bailly bursts with bold notes of crushed black currants, wild blueberries, and strawberry preserves, giving way to a core of lilacs, licorice, espresso, and Sichuan pepper, with a touch of garrigue. The medium-bodied palate is tightly wound with black and blue fruit layers, framed by firm, fine-grained tannins and great tension, finishing long with red berry and floral sparks. Superb! The blend is 36% Merlot, 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Petit Verdot, and 5% Cabernet Franc. The alcohol is 13.3%.
96-98/100 Lisa Perrotti-Brown

Super slow and steady expansion as it goes through the palate, this absolutely makes you smile and is right up at the top of my expectations for how Haut-Bailly would perform in this often-conflicting vintage. Beautiful, crushed rose petals, wet stones, iris flowers, squid ink, shows finesse but also generosity, a wine with so many dimensions and layers to experience. Sit back, give it a good 6 to 8 years in bottle, then get ready to celebrate. 55% in first wine, 50% new oak, 3.6ph. harvest September 4 to 22.
98-100/100 Jane Anson