The 1961 Haut-Brion was pure perfection, with gloriously intense aromas of tobacco, cedar, minerals, and sweet red and black fruits complemented by smoky wood. This has always been a prodigious effort ...
Sweet, with perfectly assimilated tannins and acidity...rich, complete, harmonious, good length...
Powerful with ripe cherry, toast and tobacco flavors that linger on the solid, smooth finish. A glorious mouthful of wine
Lively, rich sheen. Classic mature ‘warm bricks’ Haut-Brion nose. Dry and minerally. Very linear in impact (the opposite of fleshy) and complete.