2011 Château Haut-Bailly

Community Tasting Notes (50) Avg Score: 89.9 points

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  3/30/2024 - brennan18 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  This wine was very closed upon opening so we decanted for 90 minutes prior to drinking and that definitely helped it to come around. Dark ruby in color and elegant in the glass with an aromatic nose and legs that coat the sides for 30-40 seconds. On the palate you get a pleasant acidity & mouthfeel coupled with fine tannins, red currants, bing cherry and a hint of black stone fruit with a subtle, but noticeable, graphite element and a faint amount of cedar & spice. Initially I was going to score this a 90 but the wine got better as dinner ran on and was exposed to more airtime so settled on 91.0-91.5. The local Spec's was running an Easter Weekend deal on these and even though I'm not a huge fan of Pessac-Leognan I bought them and they worked well with our dinner. 2011 was a difficult year in Bordeaux and it shows in this wine which is extremely well-made, but suffers under the difficult circumstances of the vintage. I think it's ready to drink - esp. if decanting for a decent amount of time - but can probably also keep another 3-5 years if properly stored. That said, I doubt it gets any better from here.
  
  Very Good Wine -- 91.5 points

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  3/5/2024 - SonnyChiba wrote: 91 Points

  Tasted blind and enjoyed this one. It does have a nice nose on it, and drinks well at the moment.

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  2/17/2024 - GooseGoose Likes this wine: 91 Points

  We opened this bottle once back at the house after a heavy dinner accompanied by Barolos. The friends came back with us so we didn't have time to decant it... So overall the wine fell a little flat but also an unfair analysis due to the Barolos, heavy meal and not giving it time to breath.
  
  Either way; 89-91 points overall. ruby red in the glass, it does have a great nose with a few layers of fruit and wood. Medium body, dark cherry begins to come through and then a rather anticlimactic finish. I have another bottle in the cellar that I plan to drink relatively soon. I don't see this developing much more so will plan to drink soon. drink/hold. decant 1+ hour minimum.

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  1/1/2024 - popopdrops Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Et lite glass dag 1. Pent. Litt grønnskjær dag 2, men ikke mer enn at det går bra. Litt skuffa, men 2011 var jo ikke et stort år.

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  10/31/2023 - Helmetass wrote: 89 Points

  Nice expressive nose of cassis, tobacco, old leather, mulberry jam, little ripe plum and wet clay. Palate is light weighted, little more on the savory side and tree bark with dark cherry on the sidelines. Medium bodied and still quite grippy. Nice bit of maturity showing through with some bricking and leathery tobacco notes but palate is a little underwhelming, slightly unbalanced/unripe tannins, leading to more tree bark than fruit notes on the palate. Drink now, enjoyable, interesting but not getting any better

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