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Reviews

95 -James Suckling -

95 -Wine Enthusiast -

94 -Jeb Dunnuck -

94 -Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -

94 -Wine Spectator -

93-94 -Decanter -

93 -Vinous -

Technical Details

  • Blend 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot
  • Winemaker Gabriel Vialard
  • Country France
  • Region Bordeaux
  • Sub Region Graves
  • Appellation Pessac-Léognan
  • Vineyard Haut-Bailly vineyard
  • Farming Method Sustainable Practices
  • Oak French oak barrels, 60% new
  • Fermentation fermented in concrete tanks, malolactic fermentation in tank with a small portion of malolactic fermentation in oak barrels
  • Aging / Cooperage 16-18 months in French oak barrels, 60% new
  • Alcohol 13%

Château Haut-Bailly Grand Cru Classé Pessac-Léognan 2014

Bordeaux Blends | Bordeaux

JS95, WE95, JD94, WA94, WS94, DC93-94, VN93

Sustainable Practices

$170.00

$99.95

750ML

41% OFF RETAIL!

Robert G. Wilmers, the Harvard-educated American banker who purchased Haut-Bailly in 1998, once described the estate as far more than a financial investment: it was a shared passion. That passion is encoded in every bottle, with Véronique Sanders overseeing the estate through four generations of her family's involvement and Chris Wilmers now carrying the torch. The 28-hectare vineyard sits on the highest ridge of Pessac-Léognan, including a prized parcel of vines over 120 years of age. The 2014, which some initially underestimated, has emerged as one of the finest wines of the vintage: James Suckling and Wine Enthusiast both awarded 95, Jeb Dunnuck 94, Wine Advocate 94, Wine Spectator 94, Decanter 93 to 94, and Vinous 93. A wine of remarkable finesse and precision, at a price that is genuinely exceptional for the address. Don't miss it.

About The Producer

Vines have been cultivated at what we know today as Château Haut-Bailly since at least 1461, making it one of the older continuously farmed estates in the Graves. The estate takes its name from the 1630s, when it came into the hands of Parisian banker Firmin Le Bailly, who planted it on one of the finest gravel hilltops in the appellation. By the late 19th century the wine was commanding prices that rivaled the First Growths, before a long period of decline set in. The modern chapter begins with Belgian wine merchant Daniel Sanders, who purchased the estate in 1955, replanted large portions of the neglected vineyard, and refocused the winemaking entirely on quality, creating the foundation for everything that followed. Daniel's granddaughter Véronique Sanders now runs the estate, working alongside winemaker Gabriel Vialard, under the ownership of the American Wilmers family, who acquired the property in 1998. What makes Haut-Bailly particularly singular among its Pessac-Léognan peers is the vineyard itself: roughly 15% of the 28 hectares contains vines over 120 years of age, among the oldest in all of Bordeaux, and the estate produces exclusively red wine, with no white in the portfolio. The results under Sanders and Vialard have been extraordinary, and Haut-Bailly now sits comfortably among the Left Bank's most compelling estates, classified or otherwise.

$170.00

$99.95

750ML