Château Haut Brion, Ch. Haut Brion 1961

100 / 100 Robert Parker
The dark garnet-colored 1961 Haut-Brion is pure perfection, with gloriously intense aromas of tobacco, cedar, chocolate, minerals, and sweet red and black fruits complemented by smoky wood. This has always been a prodigious effort (it was the debut vintage for Jean Delmas). It is extremely full-bodied, with layers of viscous, sweet fruit. This wine is akin to eating candy. Consistently an astonishing wine! Anticipated maturity: Now-2005. Last tasted 3/97
Bordeaux Book, 3rd Edition, The Wine Advocate

96 / 100 Wine Spectator
Very mature, with a smoky, even slightly burnt nuance, but powerful with ripe cherry, toast and tobacco flavors that linger on the solid, smooth finish. A glorious mouthful of wine, at its best now.--Haut-Brion vertical.
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18 / 20 Jancis Robinson
From The Purple Notebook – Dinner in South London. Lively, rich sheen. Classic mature ‘warm bricks’ Haut-Brion nose. Dry and minerally. Very linear in impact (the opposite of fleshy) and complete. A very good bottle.
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