A smoking good Pessac-Léognan, the 2009 Château Larrivet Haut-Brion takes about an hour of air to show at its best and offers a classic Graves bouquet of meaty black fruits, green tobacco, barbecue smoke, and cedar. It...
A smoking good Pessac-Léognan, the 2009 Château Larrivet Haut-Brion takes about an hour of air to show at its best and offers a classic Graves bouquet of meaty black fruits, green tobacco, barbecue smoke, and cedar. It picks up more elegance and purity with time in the glass and is medium to full-bodied, with a sexy, layered texture, good acidity, and a great finish. This balanced, complex, stunning 2009 can be drunk any time over the coming 15-20 years or more.