Château Haut-Bages Liberal 2020 Pauillac 5e Grand Cru Classé

Vinous
96/100 punten
The 2020 Haut-Bages Libéral is exceptionally beautiful and vivid. Hard candy, kirsch, rose petal, cinnamon and blood orange are some of the many notes that race across the palate. A wine of magnificent purity and silkiness, the Haut-Bages Libéral is simply captivating in its intensity. Bright acids punctuate the articulate, persistent finish. Magnificent.

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
94/100 punten
The 2020 Haut-Bages-Libéral is supple and seamless, bursting with aromas of sweet dark berries, petals and licorice, followed by a medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy palate. Succulent and polished, it will offer a broad drinking window. As readers will remember, this wine derives from biodynamically farmed vineyards located on clay-limestone and gravel soils to the north of Château Latour (as well as a parcel of gravel sandwiched between Pichon-Baron and Lynch-Bages).

Decanter
91/100 punten
A ton of blackcurrant and blackberry fruit, chewy and concentrated, cassis fruit pastilles give a sweet but well textured feel, and a shot of acidity picks everything up on the finish. A yield of 44hl/had. They have limestone and clay soils here, atypical for Pauillac but they help in such a dry summer. Ageing takes place in 40% new oak, 40% one year oak and 20% in amphoras (jarre de limoges + concrete eggs). 3.59pH, because of the limestone

Falstaff
93-95/100 punten
Dunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Attraktive Nuancen von reifen Herzkirschen, rotes Waldbeeren, ein Hauch von Gewürzen wie Ingwer und Zimt, Noten von frischen Pflaumen. Saftig, feine süße Textur, reife rote Kirschen, reife Tannine, mineralisch, zart nussig im Abgang, harmonisch, verfügt über Länge und Entwicklungspotenzial.