Château Haut-Brion 1987 is a fully mature, classically elegant Bordeaux, offering aromas of dried red fruits, soft spice and earthy minerality, with subtle notes of tobacco and tertiary complexity. Light to medium-bodied, the palate is silky, supple and beautifully balanced, with gentle tannins and refined acidity. Now gracefully evolved, it delivers a fragrant, rounded finish with remarkable harmony and persistence, showcasing the timeless elegance and finesse of Haut-Brion.

The Wine Advocate | RP 88
Published: Jan 1, 2003
Drink: 2003-2006

This is an example of a light vintage that produced an immensely seductive, supple, delicious wine that seemed nearly fully mature when released in 1989 yet has continued to offer a fragrant, round, elegant, delicious style of wine that never hit the blockbuster high marks of the great vintages but is, oh, so satisfying and so typically Haut-Brion. Remarkably, the wine seems to defy aging, staying fragrant, sweet, round, relatively light, but delicious and so well balanced. I would have thought this wine would have long faded, but it continues to drink beautifully, with only some amber creeping in at the edge. Anticipated maturity: Now-2006. An example of how perfectly balanced even lighter-styled wines can last longer than anyone expects. Last tasted, 11/02.

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Elegant and complex, the red wine of Château Haut-Brion is very mineral and of a rare complexity, it is distinguished by an astonishing length, this aromatic persistence being the privilege of very great origins.