Château Haut Brion, Ch. Haut Brion 1991

89 / 100 Robert Parker
This wine has turned out far better than I ever expected. It started off life relatively austere, closed, and tannic, and seemed a bit light, but the wine has put on weight (as so many vintages of Haut-Brion tend to do), and now shows a very complex nose of cigar tobacco intermixed with scorched earth, sweet cherry and black currant fruit, and some high quality toast. The wine is medium-bodied and a great example of finesse, elegance, and just brilliant winemaking in a vintage where the odds were stacked against even a great terroir such as Haut Brion.
Bordeaux Book, 4th Edition Jan 2003

85 / 100 Wine Spectator
Firm in texture and impressively focused for the vintage, with smoky, tobacco-scented berry and floral flavors that linger on the finish.--Haut-Brion vertical.
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17.5 / 20 Jancis Robinson
Subtle, fresh with a light suggestion of warm bricks on the nose. Relatively light bodied but beautifully balanced. A ballet dancer of a wine. A very successful and elegant 1991.
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