Bahans Haut-Brion 1998 is a deep garnet-brick wine with a complex nose of creme de cassis, baked blackberries, blueberries, earth, meat, menthol, and thyme. Medium to full-bodied, it offers a rich, seductive, and plush palate with a refreshing lift. This wine is approachable now, with an elegant finish. Its mineral, gravelly character and fresh profile highlight its Cabernet roots.

The Wine Advocate | RP 92
Published: May 31, 2018
Drink: 2018-2021

The 1998 Bahans Haut-Brion is deep garnet-brick in color with a very serious nose of creme de cassis, baked blackberries and blueberry fruits with hints of earth, meat, menthol and thyme. The palate is medium to full-bodied, rich, seductive, plush and long with a refreshing lift. 

Jancis Robinson | JR 17
Published: Jul 25, 2006
Drink: 2005-2012

Very cabernet, gravelly, mineral, very fresh and bracing.

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Similar in style and elegance to its elder, the Château Haut-Brion red, this second wine brings together all the unique attributes of a fine wine, while reaching maturity more quickly. This wine has carried the name Château Bahans Haut-Brion since the first years of the twentieth century and was renamed Le Clarence de Haut-Brion beginning with the 2007 vintage, as a tribute to Clarence Dillon, who acquired the property in 1935.