Château Haut-Bailly 2017 Pessac Léognan Cru Classé

Parker: The 2017 Haut-Bailly is composed of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 4% Petit Verdot. Very deep garnet-purple colored, it has a wonderfully spicy nose of cinnamon stick, cloves, anise and fenugreek with core of roses, warm blueberries, black forest cake and black raspberries plus hints of underbrush and iron ore. Medium to full-bodied with firm, ripe, grainy tannins, it has oodles of freshness and great finesse, continuing bright and energetic on the long, minerally finish.“In 2017, everything was early at Haut-Bailly”, commented General Manager, Véronique Saunders. On March 25 budding started and by April 12 full leaves were developing. Then on April 27 and 28 the frosts hit, lowering production here considerably. Afterwards, on May 19, flowering started very early, with an early veraison on July 28. There was a lot of rain during the last three days of June and it was a very quick, short harvest from September 13-29.