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Score 89/100 · Drink 2022-2030, Neal Martin, Jun 2022

The 2008 Barde-Haut has an attractive bouquet with pure black cherry, wild strawberry, lavender and violet scents, the floral component heightened compared to 2007. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy, succulent tannins. Quite saline and peppery, although it needs a little more tension on the finish that shows just a little dryness. Tasted at the Barde-Haut vertical at the château.

Critic scores

Critic scores
90
90/100

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89
89/100

Robert Parker

89
89/100

Robert Parker

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94 points
Jeb Dunnuck
Score 94/100 · Drink 2032, Jeb Dunnuck, Mar 2020

Showing even better today than at a 10-year retrospective in 2018, the 2008 Château Barde-Haut is a full-bodied, ripe, beautifully textured 2008 offering loads of chocolatey dark fruits, lead pencil shavings, tobacco, and obvious minerality in both its aromas and flavors. Impeccably balanced, with fine tannins and a great finish, it's another wine from this team that can be drunk with loads of pleasure today or cellared for another decade or more.

92 points
Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
Score 92/100 · Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider, Sep 2018

17 points
Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
Score 17/20 · Drink 2015-2028, Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com, Feb 2018

Attractive liquorice and baked black fruits with lovely fresh earth aromas too. Dry but not painfully so, with a sweetness from oak contact. Serious leathery notes to finish that give good persistence. Every inch the classic claret, with resolved tannic structure that is very drinkable now. (RH)

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Barde Haut
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Product details

Grape Blend

Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

Alcohol ABV%

14%

Classification

Grand Cru Classé

Under the law of Hong Kong, intoxicating liquor must not be sold or supplied to a minor in the course of business. 根據香港法律,不得在業務過程中,向未成年人售賣或供應令人醺醉的酒類 。
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