Lot 105
CHÂTEAU HAUT-BAILLY 2005 (1) WS 95 WA 95
CHÂTEAU HAUT-BAILLY 2007 (1)
CHÂTEAU HAUT-BAILLY 2008 (1) WA 96
CHÂTEAU HAUT-BAILLY 2010 (1) WS 95 WA 95
CHÂTEAU HAUT-BAILLY 2011 (1) WA 94+
CHÂTEAU HAUT-BAILLY 2012 (1)
CHÂTEAU HAUT-BAILLY 2016 (1)
CHÂTEAU HAUT-BAILLY 2017 (1)
Lot 105 Details
CHÂTEAU HAUT-BAILLY 2005 (1)
Pessac-Léognan. Grand Cru Classé
u. vts. marked & scraped label.
The 2005 Haut Bailly is rapidly turning into a glorious wine. You instantly fall in love with the purity on the nose, luscious red cherries, wild strawberry and blueberry. This is still youthful and beautifully defined. The palate is medium-bodied with quite a structured opening like many in this vintage. It exerts a gentle grip in the mouth, quite tensile and linear and perhaps just tightening up a tad toward the finish. It is biding its time, but it will repay those who cellar this outstanding 2005 for another four or five years. Tasted March 2017. Drink 2022-2050 WS 95 WA 95
CHÂTEAU HAUT-BAILLY 2007 (1)
Pessac-Léognan. Grand Cru Classé
u. bn. stained & marked label.
CHÂTEAU HAUT-BAILLY 2008 (1)
Pessac-Léognan. Grand Cru Classé
u. bn. marked label.
A candidate for the -wine of the vintage,- the 2008 Haut-Bailly possesses incredible complexity. Tell-tale notes of lead pencil shavings, charcoal, damp earth, black cherries and black currants intermixed with a hint of subtle barbecue smoke are present in this classic, quintessential Graves. Medium-bodied with an emerging, precocious complexity, it is a super-pure, beautifully textured, long wine that can be drunk now or cellared for 20-25 years. Bravo! May 2011 WA 96
CHÂTEAU HAUT-BAILLY 2010 (1)
Pessac-Léognan. Grand Cru Classé
u. bn. marked label.
The 2010 Haut Bailly has consistently been a fantastic wine, and at seven years of age I have no reason to alter that view. It has a mixture of red and black fruit on the nose, wet stone, black olive and a light marine influence. It is still backward compared to other vintages, but it has not relinquished one iota of its intensity. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin. This is a voluminous Haut Bailly, one that is beginning to stretch its muscles, with a gentle grip in the mouth with a wonderful saline finish. There is huge potential locked into this wine, but patience is needed. Tasted March 2017. Drink: 2020-2025 July 2017 WS 95 WA 95
CHÂTEAU HAUT-BAILLY 2011 (1)
Pessac-Léognan. Grand Cru Classé
u. bn. marked label.
The saturated ruby/purple-hued 2011 Haut-Bailly exhibits a glorious, subtle, noble set of aromatics consisting of red and black currants, sweet cherries, graphite, truffles and a faint hint of wood spice. The wine hits the palate with the profound elegance and purity that have become so much a characteristic under Wilmers and Sanders. Still youthful, with good acidity and freshness, this brilliant, medium-bodied 2011 needs another 4-5 years of bottle age, and should evolve effortlessly for 20-25 years. Drink: 2018-2043 WA 94+
CHÂTEAU HAUT-BAILLY 2012 (1)
Pessac-Léognan. Grand Cru Classé
u. bn. marked label.
CHÂTEAU HAUT-BAILLY 2016 (1)
Pessac-Léognan. Grand Cru Classé
u. bn. marked label.
CHÂTEAU HAUT-BAILLY 2017 (1)
Pessac-Leognan.
u. bn. marked label.