This lot is comprised of 1 bottle(s) of 1998 Chateau Haut Brion Pessac Leognan Premier Grand Cru Classe - 5L. Estimate for this lot is between $4400 - $6000 with a reserve of $3250. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11778.
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A veteran collector of over 30 years, this consignor began his journey in the early 1990s while working at The Wine Establishment in Toronto. His collection was primarily sourced through the LCBO, MLCC, and the Chicago Wine Company, supplemented by a position on the Harlan Estate mailing list. Each bottle has been professionally maintained in a custom Genuwine Cellars home system, ensuring impeccable storage conditions since acquisition.
1998 Chateau Haut Brion Pessac Leognan Premier Grand Cru Classe from this lot has the following scores - The Wine Advocate 99 points, Wine Spectator 97 points. This is the tasting note for 1998 Chateau Haut Brion Pessac Leognan Premier Grand Cru Classe from Robert Parker - with a score of 100 points. For my money (and I have some in the cellar), the 1998 Haut-Brion is the finest vintage from this estate between 1989 and 2000, surpassing the 1990. While it remains decidedly youthful at age 25, it is beginning to stir, unfurling in the glass with aromas of dark berry fruit, cigar wrapper, loamy soil, pencil shavings and burning embers. Medium-bodied, deep and concentrated, it's layered and elegant, with refined tannins, lively acids and a long, perfumed finish. Exemplifying the ideal of intensity without weight, it enjoys a slight edge over La Mission Haut-Brion in this banner year for both properties.