Lot 383
CHÂTEAU HAUT-BAILLY 2005 (2) WS 95 WA 95
CHÂTEAU HAUT-BAILLY 2005 (1 MAG.) WS 95 WA 95
CHÂTEAU RAUZAN-SÉGLA 2009 (1) JS 97
Lot 383 Details
CHÂTEAU HAUT-BAILLY 2005 (2)
Pessac-Léognan. Grand Cru Classé
u. 2 x bn. 1 x marked 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 2005 (1 mag.)
Pessac-Léognan. Grand Cru Classé
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 RAUZAN-SÉGLA 2009 (1)
Margaux. 2ième Cru Classé
u. bn. peeling label.
(Label designed by Karl Lagerfeld) Gorgeous nose of raspberries and blueberries. Hints of chocolate and oak. Full bodied, but compacted and very racy. Lovely fruit with milk chocolate, but the texture of tannins is so beautiful. This is the best Rauzan ever made – except perhaps the great pre-phylloxera bottles of the 1800s. Try in 2019. November 2011 jamessuckling.com JS 97