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2023
Château Haut-Bages Monpelou (Pauillac)
Savory red fruits show as soon as you begin swirling this medium-bodied, classical-styled, forward, round, lighter-styled Pauillac, with a bright, spicy endnote. Give it a year or two of aging, and enjoy it for the next 12 years or more. Drink from 2027-2040. 89-91 Pts. 822 Views Tasted May 4, 2024 |
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2022
Château Haut-Bages Libéral (Pauillac)
Mint-leaf, flowers, plums, and black currants with peppery spices create the nose. On the palate, the wine is fresh, bright, soft, energetic, spicy, and floral. There is a lot of energy, vibrancy and freshness in this wine. The crisp, chewy, red currant finish is spicy, long, and bright, with a dab of spearmint that comes in at the end of the finish. The wine was produced from a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 13% Merlot. 13.9% ABV, 3.54 pH. Picking took place September 6 - September 26. Drink from 2027-2045. 93-95 Pts. 6,065 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
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2022
Château Haut-Bages Monpelou (Pauillac)
Black fruit, lead pencil, blackberries, and floral notes open the wine. On the palate, the wine is sweet, ripe, forward, and fruity with ripe, chewy tannins, making this a pleasure to taste early in life. Drink from 2026-2040. 90-92 Pts. 1,729 Views Tasted May 8, 2023 |
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2021
Château Haut-Bages Libéral (Pauillac)
Flowers and tobacco leaf accompany the bright red fruits on the nose and palate. Medium-bodied, with a softness as well as sweetness in the fresh red currants on the palate, and a touch of refreshing spearmint in the finish. The wine will be easy to enjoy just about on release. The wine was produced from a blend of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Merlot. This represents the highest percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend in the history of the estate, 13.2% ABV. Drink from 2024-2039. 90-92 2,715 Views Tasted May 20, 2022 |
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2021
Château Haut-Bages Monpelou (Pauillac)
Bright, savory, crisp and crunchy, there is a nice sweetness to the dark, chewy red fruits on the palate along with a touch of oak, spice and tobacco leaf as well to provide complexity. The wine blends 71% Cabernet Sauvignon with 29% Merlot. Drink from 2024-2039. 89-91 1,441 Views Tasted May 20, 2022 |
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2020
Château Haut-Bages Libéral (Pauillac)
Flowers, smoke, tobacco leaf, sweet bright red currants, and forest floor are at the center of the nose and palate here. Fresh, bright, and energetic, the wine is fresh and vibrant, with loads of bright, fresh, chewy, crunchy, dark, ripe red fruits, round textures, and leafy herbs on the mid-palate and in the savory, spice-tinted finish. The wine is a blend of 78% Cabernet Sauvignon and 22% Merlot. Drink from 2027-2055. 5,547 Views Tasted Aug 21, 2023 |
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2020
Château Haut-Bages Monpelou (Pauillac)
Cedar, cigar box and black currants are found at this core of this medium-bodied wine. The wine is fresh, polished and soft, with a cool touch of salt that comes in on the end note along with its sweet currants and spice. Drink from 2023-2035. 564 Views Tasted Mar 21, 2023Savory, bright red currants with accents of underbrush, spice, cassis and cedar dominate the wine. Medium-bodied, crisp and savory, the finish is firm, fruity and already easy to drink. 89-91 Pts 1,305 Views Tasted May 20, 2021 |
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2019
Château Haut-Bages Libéral (Pauillac)
Dark currants, blackberries, tobacco leaf, cedar, cigar box, and crushed rocks show easily on the nose. On the palate, this modern, classic-styled wine is fresh and vibrant with a core of chewy, crunchy, dark, ripe red fruits, spices, and leafy herbs. There is length, freshness, and tannins with the structure to age and evolve for 3 decades. It will need a few years in the cellar, so give it some time to evolve before pulling a cork. The wine is a blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Merlot. Make no mistake, this is the best vintage ever produced of Haut Bages Liberal. Drink from 2027-2055. 4,946 Views Tasted Jul 8, 2022 |
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2019
Château Haut-Bages Monpelou (Pauillac)
Fresh, crisp, bright red fruits with a nice crunch along with a touch of spice and tobacco leaf form the core of this wine. On the palate, the cassis is pure, lifted and long, with a touch of ripe, cranberry and herbs finishes everything off nicely. Drink from 2025-2039. 830 Views Tasted Mar 29, 2022Forward, fresh and juicy with a concentration of freshness, fruit and refinement I have not seen here before. The cassis is pure, lifted and long, with nuances of tobacco, earth and cigar box. This is going to a very fine, well-priced Pauillac with just 5 years or so in the cellar. 89-91 Pts 2,908 Views Tasted Jun 8, 2020 |
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2018
Château Haut-Bages Libéral (Pauillac)
Rich, lush, creamy, and fresh, the wine offers its multiple layers of red fruit, cedar, flowers, and tobacco easily. Medium/full-bodied, bright, layers of sweet, juicy red berries and currants open the wine on the mid-palate and in the finish. There is a brightness to the fruit in the mouth, chewy tannins, and a crispness to the red berries that carries through from start to finish. Drink from 2027-2050. 5,563 Views Tasted Aug 21, 2023Medium/full-bodied, bright, lifted layers of sweet, juicy red currants pop up on the nose along with tobacco, cedar, cigar box and a light hint of oak. There is a brightness to the fruit in the mouth, chewy tannins and a crispness to the red berries that carries through from start to finish. 4,356 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021 |
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2018
Château Haut-Bages Monpelou (Pauillac)
Crisp, chewy, ripe, juicy, with tobacco leaf, cedar and red currants on the nose and classically styled palate. This is probably the finest Haut-Bages Monpelou ever produced. 903 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021 |
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2018
Château Haut-Bages Libéral La Chapelle (Pauillac)
Pretty core of red fruits in a forward, easy to like open, accessible style that could be enjoyed for lunch is a simple cafe. 3,220 Views Tasted Mar 9, 2021 |
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2017
Château Haut-Bages Libéral (Pauillac)
Medium-bodied, forward, crisp, bright and fresh, with an herbal, peppery, cedary edge to its red fruits, give this some time in the cellar to develop. 4,283 Views Tasted May 14, 2020 |
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2017
Château Haut-Bages Monpelou (Pauillac)
A forward, easy drinking, soft, uncomplicated, medium-bodied pleasure from Pauillac meant for early drinking. 1,733 Views Tasted Apr 26, 2018 |
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2016
Château Haut-Bages Libéral (Pauillac)
This has really picked up steam over the past few years. Now, you find a classic Pauillac, medium-bodied, fresh, crisp, and floral, with hints of tobacco, cherries, currants, and spice. The palate is loaded with sweet, red currants, spice, herbs and cassis. Drink 2024-2045. 2,785 Views Tasted Feb 7, 2024Lead pencil, cigar box, cedar and cassis give this a correct Pauillac profile. Medium bodied with polish to the tannins and round fruits in the finish, I really like the wine this year. The wine was produced from a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot. 7,206 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2017 |
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2016
Château Haut-Bages Monpelou (Pauillac)
Straight forward, easy to understand, medium bodied with juicy cassis, spice and freshness. You can drink this on release or age it a bit. 2,330 Views Tasted Apr 29, 2017 |
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2015
Château Haut-Bages Libéral (Pauillac)
Medium/full-bodied with a crisp, overly bright, red berry character, the wine mixes, cranberry and cassis, with leaf, olive, herbs, earth and tobacco. This is on the crisp and crunchy side of the red fruit range. 3,488 Views Tasted Mar 12, 2018- Medium/full-bodied with a crunchy, red berry, earth and tobacco profile, this wine will be appreciated by fans of a more classic Pauillac production. 88 - 90 Pts 3,210 Views Tasted Apr 18, 2016 |
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2015
Château Haut-Bages Monpelou (Pauillac)
Easy drinking, medium bodied, cassis filled wine with cedar, forest floor and tobacco notes to round things out. 3,722 Views Tasted May 21, 2018A straight shot of cassis into this lean wine will not need much, if any, time in the cellar before popping the cork. 82 - 84 Pts 3,545 Views Tasted Apr 18, 2016 |
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2014
Château Haut-Bages Libéral (Pauillac)
Bright, fresh, classically styled Pauillac, with a crisp, blackberry, dark red fruit character, with ample tobacco and cedar scents. Medium bodied, and slightly dusty in the red berry finish. 5,418 Views Tasted Feb 1, 2017Licorice, black cherry, spice and oak, this wine is tannic, yet refined with a bright, piquant cassis finish. 88-90 3,192 Views Tasted Apr 14, 2015 |
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2013
Château Haut-Bages Libéral (Pauillac)
With a dusty, leafy nose, the wine is lean, herbal and focused on cranberry and cassis. 83-85 Pts 3,046 Views Tasted Apr 20, 2014 |
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2012
Château Haut-Bages Libéral (Pauillac)
From a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot, the medium bodied, red fruit dominated wine ends with a crisp, bright, dusty finish. 3,510 Views Tasted Mar 11, 2015 |
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2011
Château Haut-Bages Libéral (Pauillac)
Earth, cedar, black pepper and cassis, the wine is medium bodied, ending with bright kirsch flavors. 88- 90 Pts 4,937 Views Tasted Apr 10, 2012 |
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2010
Château Haut-Bages Libéral (Pauillac)
Value and classified growths do not always go together, but they are paired in this wine. With ample cassis, blackberry, earth and hints of tobacco, the wine has some depth, body, freshness and fine tannins. From a blend of 72% Cabernet Sauvignon and 28% Merlot, give it a few hours of air, or 5-7 years before it opens and starts to show. 4,643 Views Tasted Mar 18, 2014 |
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2009
Château Haut-Bages Libéral (Pauillac)
From a blend of 68% Cabernet Sauvignon and 32% Merlot, notes of tobacco, cassis, earth and leafy scents emerge. Medium bodied, with a hint of old school rusticity in the mid palate, the wine ends with a cassis filled finish. 9,143 Views Tasted Apr 5, 2012 |
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2008
Château Haut-Bages Libéral (Pauillac)
Light, bright and tight, the fruit is crisp, crunchy and on the way to acidic. With a strong lean to the sharp, red berry, cranberry side, I liked the nose better with its cedar and tobacco edge. Time in the cellar will help, but don't expect miracles. The wine was made from a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot. 4,434 Views Tasted Dec 17, 2017 |
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2007
Château Haut-Bages Libéral (Pauillac)
Light, bright, crisp red berries, cedar, peppery herbs and tobacco leaf notes with a crunchy, tart, cranberry and strawberry finish. Drink up as there is not much there. 2,600 Views Tasted Aug 18, 2021 |
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2006
Château Haut-Bages Libéral (Pauillac)
Value priced Pauillac that is developing nicely. The nose, with its cigar box, earth, tobacco, herb and cassis profile is a charmer. Medium bodied, firm, fresh and already starting to be fun to drink, give this another 4-6 years and it should be even better. 4,410 Views Tasted Oct 29, 2016Medium bodied, tannic, slightly firm, but starting to open, it's not hard to find the cassis, earth and tobacco nose. There is a dusty quality to the texture in the herb, earth and black cherry finish. 4,441 Views Tasted Nov 1, 2015 |
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2005
Château Haut-Bages Libéral (Pauillac)
The nose pops with cassis, tobacco and cedar chest notes. With an hour of air, the tannins soften and the cassis and leafy, green olive laden finish comes though nicely. The wine is correct, but finishes short. This classically, firm styled wine is still quite young and should be better with another 5 years in the bottle. 5,386 Views Tasted Feb 6, 2015Bright cassis, cedar wood, tobacco and cranberry opens to a medium/full bodied tannic wine that is bordering on the lean side. The tannins were harder than I last recalled. This is not fun to drink at the moment. It might improve with another 5-10 more years of bottle age. 8,376 Views Tasted Nov 17, 2012Cedar, spice, cassis, licorice. black raspberry and tobacco aromas open the wine. With a medium/full body, this correctly made Pauillac needs another year or two to come around. 11,386 Views Tasted Oct 1, 2011 |
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2004
Château Haut-Bages Libéral (Pauillac)
Quite a surprise. This well-priced charmer serves up ripe cassis and black cherries with a medium bodied, refined, elegant, Pauillac character. 3,304 Views Tasted Jan 4, 2015 |
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2003
Château Haut-Bages Libéral (Pauillac)
Fully developed, medium-bodied, soft, round and loaded with ripe, dark, sweet red fruits, tobacco leaf, ash and cigar box notes. A touch of dryness in the finish accompanies the red fruits, herbs and earth. 3,013 Views Tasted Apr 28, 2020 |
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2001
Château Haut-Bages Libéral (Pauillac)
Fully developed, the wine is medium-bodied, with a bright, crisp, cherry and cranberry character on the nose and palate. This is accompanied by herbs, cedar, leaf and green pepper accents. This old-school classic, stoic Pauillac will probably please some tasters over others. 2,145 Views Tasted Jun 26, 2020 |
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2000
Château Haut-Bages Libéral (Pauillac)
Just starting to drink well, this is a solid example of a classic Left Bank Bordeaux. Here you find crisp, bright, red fruits, some strictness in the tannins and all the cedar, forest leaf, cigar box, peppery herbs and both, sweet with tart, red fruits. This should offer pleasure for another 15-20 years. 4,340 Views Tasted Dec 3, 2018 |
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1996
Château Haut-Bages Libéral (Pauillac)
Perhaps I do not taste enough of this classic Pauillac. I really liked the ripe cassis, smoke, tobacco and ripe black cherry, earthy nose. Rich, round and tasty, this value priced Pauillac wine is showing nicely. 6,382 Views Tasted May 8, 2014 |
