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2000 Haut Bages Liberal Bordeaux Blend

Bordeaux Blend: 750ml

$59.99

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points awarded:
WS 92

89 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, January 2003

 One of the best examples I have recently tasted from this estate, the saturated blue/purple Haut-Bages Liberal offers up notes of incense, licorice, pepper, and cassis. In the mouth, it is fat, juicy, with a certain succulence, low acidity, and ripe tannin. This may be the best wine produced by this estate in many a year. In spite of its precocious showing in my tastings, the wine actually needs 2-3 years of cellaring. Anticipated maturity: 2005-2018.


92 points,

Wine Spectator, March 2003

Lots of currant and berry aromas and flavors. Full-bodied, with compacted fruit and a silky tannin structure. Best of Haut-Bages-Libéral ever. Best after 2009. 10,000 cases made. –JS


89 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, January 2003

 One of the best examples I have recently tasted from this estate, the saturated blue/purple Haut-Bages Liberal offers up notes of incense, licorice, pepper, and cassis. In the mouth, it is fat, juicy, with a certain succulence, low acidity, and ripe tannin. This may be the best wine produced by this estate in many a year. In spite of its precocious showing in my tastings, the wine actually needs 2-3 years of cellaring. Anticipated maturity: 2005-2018.


92 points,

Wine Spectator, March 2003

Lots of currant and berry aromas and flavors. Full-bodied, with compacted fruit and a silky tannin structure. Best of Haut-Bages-Libéral ever. Best after 2009. 10,000 cases made. –JS


About Winery

The Liberal family established their home near Bages between the towns of Pauillac and St-Julien-Beychevelle in the 18th century and subsequently the land they settled took on their name. They were buyers and sellers of wine, arranging deals between vignerons and the wider market.  Their long involvement with the wine trade in France carried on through the centuries until after neglect and scandal in the 20th century, the Chateau fell into the hands of Jacques Merlaut, who added the chateau and estate to his already large portfolio of French properties.

The average age of the vines at Chateau Haut-Bages-Liberal is 35 years and the older vines are being systematically replaced individually rather than en masse.  The vineyards are planted with mostly Cabernet Sauvignon with a spattering of Merlot and Petit Verdot. The Chateau produces around 9000 cases a year and is generally referred to as one of the worthiest of the fifth growth Pauillac wines.

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