Château HAUT-BAILLY
Grand cru classé

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The 2022 vintage in the press:

Vinous (A. Galloni - January 2025): 97/100 "The 2022 Haut-Bailly is one of the most elegant wines I have tasted here in a very long time. Dark red/purplish fruit, lavender, spice, rose petal and blood orange are all finely laced together in the glass. There's a new sense of polish at Haut Bailly these days. The 2022 is a great example of that Readers will find a supremely finissed wine with striking fruit purity, gorgeous length and a slightly linear build that is not at all typical (in a good sense) for a warm, dry vintage. Clean mineral notes support the finish."

J.M Quarin (February 2025): 98/100 "Dark, intense colour. Very aromatic nose, with ripe fruit, deep and complex. Very delicate on the palate, with a graceful touch, the wine evolves deeply while maintaining this great delicacy. The finish is complex, fat, distinguished and noble, with a long, sappy finish.Enthralling!  The best ever made with the 2016."

The 2021 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 94/100 Coup de ♥ “Haut-Bailly 2021 is not an extrovert; if given the attention it deserves, it offers an aromatic distinction unique in the appellation, with moving subtlety and freshness.”

J-M Quarin (February 2024): 95/100 “Minutious on the entry, very aromatic in the middle, with class in the touch, the wine melts on the palate, juicy, fragrant, a touch tender and already very open. Good length."

Vinous (A. Galloni - December 2023): 96/100 “Haut-Bailly 2021 is incredibly poised, even though it is clearly wine of reserve in this vintage. Its vertical build speak of pure sophistication. Time in the glass brings out hints of dried herbs, menthol, licorice, pine, blackberry and underbrush. Most of the blend is Cabernet, so the flavor profile and overall structural feel is quite savory. I can't wait to see how the 2021 ages. It may very well surprise down the road.”

The 2020 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 96/100 “Offering impressive volume on the palate, velvety texture and exceptional tannin quality, the 2020 is gradually relaxing. But don't be in a hurry to open it! It will bear witness for generations to come.”

Guide Hachette (Guide 2024) coup de ♥ : “full-bodied, seductive, caressing, the palate profiles a Pessac that is both powerful and of great delicacy, carried by very fine tannins of inimitable silkiness”

La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2024): 95/100 “its fullness, balance and potential are beyond doubt, it will be a great classic”.

Bettane et Desseauve (Guide 2024): 96/100

Vinous (N.Martin - January 2024): 95+/100 “The 2020 Haut-Bailly has a much better bouquet than the de Fieuzal. It is notably fresher, with black fruit, cedar and tobacco aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins-a well-knit and harmonious Pessac with a precise, understated finish."

The 2016 vintage in the press:

J-M Quarin ( February 2024): 97/100 “Velvety on the attack, juicy in the mid-palate, with an ample yet melting body, the wine develops meticulously, deep and noble, towards a long, complex and very tasty, fine-grained finish. Classy!"

Vinous (N. Martin - June 2021): 96+/100 "The 2016 Haut-Bailly is brillant on the nose with exquisite delineation and focus: blackberries, potpourri, crushed stone and hints of violet petal. This is utterly seductive. The palate is medium-bodied with fine grain tannins, perfectly judged acidity, very cohesive and almost Pauillac-like towards the finish. This is a very classy Haut-Bailly as you would expect, and the lenght is stupendous."

The 2015 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - June 2021): 96/100 "The 2015 Haut-Bailly is simply "singing" on the nose with irresistible, quite opulent red berry fruit. Wild strawberry, raspberry and cranberry are laced with iris petal potpourri. Exquisite. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, melted red berry fruit mixed with cracked black pepper, sage and tobacco. This is very cohesive and complex on the finish, perhaps the most sophisticated Haut-Bailly up until this point."

The 2014 vintage in the press:

J-M Quarin ( February 2020): 95/100 “Big, deep nose, complex and pure. Full-bodied, fat-textured palate, developing richly in flavor, with lots of brightness in the taste and a tannic softness unheard of for the year. Long, very present and very good. Not to be missed."

Vinous (N. Martin - February 2024): 93/100 “The 2014 Haut-Bailly is very composed on the nose. It's pretty tertiary, but there is sufficient fruit to back that up, and it feels much more natural than its peers. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, well-balanced, and unapologetically classic in style, but unlike many of its peers, there is no austerity or dryness. This is a polished 2014 that should mature well in bottle.”

The 2008 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (November 2021): 97/100 “Intense, velvety, with subtly smoky and mentholated hints emerging from a complete and complex aromatic spectrum, the 2008 shows off the perfect grain of measured, fresh tannin, as civilized as it is natural, which, if it already seems ready, will carry the wine through the decades.”

Vinous (N. Martin - September 2022): 94/100 "The 2008 Haut-Bailly, one of the longest harvest on record, has an impressive bouquet with gorgeous blackberry, biarry, rose petal and bay leaf aromas. This is very delineated and focused. The palate is well balanced with fine-boned tannins. The acidity lends edginess and tension. The finish is cohesive and hamonious wuth lightly spiced black fruit, tobacco and clove. This is a lovely, understated but classy 2008. "

The 2006 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (November 2017): 94/100 “Admirably shaped [...] very pretty length.”

Vinous (N. Martin - September 2022): 91/100 "The 2006 Haut-Bailly is a very capable Pessac-Léognan from an oft-overlooked vintage. This reoeats its showing from a few months ealier with lovely blue and black fruits and violet aromas. Perhaps a mote of chimney soot here? The palate is medium-bodied with that slightly ferrous note and tobacco. This is drinking perfectly now, but there's a lot left in the tank."