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Château Haut-Bailly 1996

92 POINTS — Wine Advocate

92 POINTS — Vinous

Château Haut-Bailly

Château Haut-Bailly 1996

750 ML
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Overview

Tasted at the château, the 1996 Haut Bailly is a blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Franc. It has an attractive bouquet with blackcurrant pastilles, briary, a touch of gravel and dried orange peel. As I commented a few years ago, this is a 1996 that is not as immediate as others, but seems to find its voice with time. The palate is medium-bodied with a soy-tinged opening. This is well balanced and quite rounded in the mouth, quite masculine and perhaps having dispensed with some of the freshness and vitality that it showed in numerous tastings in the previous decade. There is a noticeable salinity here, lending it a marine-like finish with black olive on the aftertaste: a highly enjoyable Haut-Bailly, perchance one soon to reach the end of its plateau? Whatever -- I like where this is at now. Tasted July 2016.

By Neal Martin October 2016

Ratings

Wine Advocate

92 POINTS
Tasted at the château, the 1996 Haut Bailly is a blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 12% Cabernet Franc. It has an attractive bouquet with blackcurrant pastilles, briary, a touch of gravel and dried orange peel. As I commented a few years ago, this is a 1996 that is not as immediate as others, but seems to find its voice with time. The palate is medium-bodied with a soy-tinged opening. This is well balanced and quite rounded in the mouth, quite masculine and perhaps having dispensed with some of the freshness and vitality that it showed in numerous tastings in the previous decade. There is a noticeable salinity here, lending it a marine-like finish with black olive on the aftertaste: a highly enjoyable Haut-Bailly, perchance one soon to reach the end of its plateau? Whatever -- I like where this is at now. Tasted July 2016. By Neal Martin October 2016

Vinous

92 POINTS
The 1996 Haut Bailly has an attractive bouquet with blackcurrant pastilles. Briary with a touch of gravel and dried orange peel. It takes time to open and reveal itself. The palate is medium-bodied with a soy-tinged opening. This is well balanced and quite rounded in the mouth, masculine and a little austere having lost some of the vitality it showed previously. Quite saline, it offers black olive on the aftertaste. Overall, an enjoyable Haut-Bailly, albeit one approaching the end of its plateau. By Neal Martin June 2021
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