Chateau Haut Brion - Le Clarence de Chateau Haut Brion 2008

JEB DUNNUCK: "As with the top wine, the 2008 Le Clarence de Haut Brion still has some upside. Showing a masculine, mineral-laced style that includes plenty of blackcurrant fruits, graphite, and earth, it’s medium to full-bodied, beautifully concentrated, and has still-present tannins. It’s a remarkable second wine and well worth seeking out."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "Le Clarence de Haut-Brion: The super 2008 (45% Merlot, 41% Cabernet Sauvignon and 14% Cabernet Franc) exhibits soft, ripe tannins as well as copious black cherry and loamy soil notes intermixed with notions of smoke and roasted herbs. It is a beautifully pure, deep, already delicious and complex wine that should drink nicely for 10-12 years."

WEINWISSER: "Mitteldunkles Granat, immer noch dezent lila im Innern. Herrliches Bouquet, reife Pflaumen, Kokos, dunkle Schokolade, Baileys-Likör, somit fast erotisch im Nasenansatz. Im Gaumen sehr harmonisch, reife, runde Tannine, wieder eine gewisse Barriquesüsse, die fast an amerikanische Eiche erinnert. Da ist sehr viel Konsumspass dabei und auch gewisse Haut-Brion-Reflexionen."