Chateau Haut Brion 1957

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Reviewed by: Neal Martin

A deep garnet/mahogany hue that does not look almost half a century old. The palate is smoky and leathery, rather raw and masculine with negligible fruit as you might expect. The palate is well-balanced with high acidity, rather pinched and raw, masculine and lacking the elegance that sometimes these old off-vintage clarets can have. One for completists. Tasted April 2006.j

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Reviewed by: Robert M. Parker, Jr.

In January, 1997, I had the exceptionally smoky, sweet, rich, impressively endowed 1957 Haut-Brion. The wine was fully mature, as evidenced by its dark garnet color with considerable rust. The wine was very aromatic, plump, and succulently textured, with fleshy flavors, plenty of glycerin, and sweet fruit. It is another example of an unheralded vintage producing a top flight wine. Last tasted 1/97