1945 was an exceptional wine-growing year throughout the whole France, from the Rhone Valley to Bordeaux. Due to the hot and dry conditions, the grapes were extremely concentrated and produced an outstanding, but unfortunately limited, yield. That year, the harvest was rather early and started on September 13th. The distinctive feature of this vintage: the young wine had massive levels of tannins. For that reason many of the 1945s still show amazingly today.

So what can be said about Haut Brion 1945 that hasn’t’ yet been said or written?! As all icons, it possesses avec brio all the qualities a mature First Growth can be expected to offer: a penetrating bouquet, an extraordinary density and extraction of fruit, an unctuously texture with silky tannins, lavish glycerine and alcohol. This wine is a monument, it is perfection itself, and as such, it is a must-have in your cellar.

This French Terroirs Wine o’clock is the ideal occasion to succumb to this exceptional wine and to acquire, on October 11th, a rare lot of 12 bottles originating from a supber Swiss private collection.