2002 Château Haut-Bailly

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  5/5/2024 - swaap wrote: 89 Points

  Nez fermé à l'ouverture, arômes de fruits noirs et de myrtilles en rétro olfaction. Acidité soutenue en bouche avec des tanins fondus.
  Vin plus ouvert le lendemain avec des notes de tabac et de cuir.

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  10/29/2023 - fitzi wrote:

  This was perfectly good the first night, tho "too polished" is apt - fine details didn't seem to make it through, that is, complexity. The second night, not much fruit cushioning remains in evidence, polished or otherwise, and the 2002 tannic structure is assertive. I'm not a Bordeaux guy, particularly, and, if this bottle is 'at peak,' I will never become one. No doubt, better with food.

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  6/14/2023 - melvinyeowq wrote: 92 Points

  Some aged wines: The crowd favourite. Oak protruded a little to begin with, but became more balanced with air. A little too polished but very pleasurable in a generous and hedonistic way which was surprising for the cooler vintage. Drinking at peak now.

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  11/23/2022 - Cailles wrote: 93 Points

  Ten Vintages Haut Bailly vs Mission HB: Preamble: All wines tasted blind in 10 vintage flights (1994-2015). To every flight one random third wine from Pessac Leognan added (2x Haut Brion, 2x Smith, 2x Pape Clement, 1x Branon, 1x Luchy Halde, 1x Carmes, 1x Chevalier). All wines opened a few hours before consumption but no decanting.
  
  Some findings:
  1) Haut Bailly outperformed Mission (5 vs 4 wins, 92.5 vs 90.5 average). 2) Haut Bailly is a rather structured wine which seems to shine bright in ripe and warm vintages, without any form of excess ripeness or extraction. 3) When done right (05/15), Mission eclipses Haut Bailly with its depth and delineation , but several vintages showed a bit too ripe but especially with the alcohol not well masked (09/10). 4) Pessac wines usually need quite some air to open up. In this setting (no decanting), most wines needed a lot of swirling to fully open up and will need more cellar time. 5) The best wines today were Haut Bailly 09 (96pts) & 10 (95pts) and Mission 05 & 15 (95pts).
  
  TN: A bit muted nose with hints of dark fruit, blue fruit and some pleasant tobacco. Not overly exciting but much more expressive on the palate. It is round and elegant, fresh and light, displaying fine dark berries, red berries, blue berries, minerality, herbs. Generous sweetness balanced by lots of earthiness. Some first hints of tobacco. The most substance of the 3 2002 and hence the winner of this flight.
  
  Decanting: Good from the go but would certainly benefit from 1-2 hours in the decanter.

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  10/3/2022 - sirpat00 wrote: 92 Points

  2002 Bordeaux 20 years on tasting (Fribourg): 2002 Bordeaux 20 years on tasting. Key takeaways: 1/ 31 out of 32 wines were in flawless condition which indicates either luck or less bottle variation in the vintage, 2/ On average still early days with the fruit predominantly primary, 3/ solid hedonistic quality with only few laggards, but also no blow-outs, 4/ structures built on both tannin and acidity, but common mid-palate weakness, 5/ best wines were Valandrau, Palmer and a surprise underdog Lagrange (all 95), 6/ biggest disappointment was a cooked Figeac (87). More comments and full list of wines included in the tasting story.
  
  Tasting note:
  Ripe dark cherry fruit and sweet spice pretty much explain the nose. The palate is nicely juicy and well balanced, but again not overly complex.

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