2008 Chateau Haut-Brion, Blanc, Pessac-Leognan

The 2008 Haut Brion Blanc is straight-up thrilling and ranks with the top handful of whites in the vintage. Based on 55% Semillon and 45% Sauvignon, it has awesome minerality as well as vivid notes of yellow fruits, citrus, flowers, and wet stone. Full-bodied, deep, concentrated, and perfectly balanced, it’s singing today, and I don’t expect that to change any time soon.

This stunningly rich blend of 55% Semillon and 45% Sauvignon Blanc exhibits great fruit intermixed with notes of lanolin, damp earth, graphite, honeyed citrus and orange butter. Drink this beauty over the next 2 decades.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 02/05/2011 This stunningly rich blend of 55% Semillon and 45% Sauvignon Blanc exhibits great fruit intermixed with notes of lanolin, damp earth, graphite, honeyed citrus and orange butter. Drink this beauty over the next 2 decades.