2022 Château Haut-Bailly Magnum

Château Haut-Bailly has a distinctive style that beautifully combines classic with modernity, elegance, finesse, and softness with structure. The smoothness of the tannins creates elegant and complex aromas. Château Haut-Bailly can age for many years, but it is also a delightful wine to drink now. This Château Haut-Bailly has received high praise from wine experts, who agree that it offers complex pleasures and possesses a richness that is neither aggressive nor ostentatious. All these beautiful attributes this wine possesses are primarily due to the grape selection process and the landscape and climate in which the grapes are grown.

Soil experts have established that Haut Bailly boasts one of the finest terroirs in Pessac-Léognan. Great wines are born from the interplay of soil, location, climate, and humankind. The wines have always been excellent, but in recent years they have increased even more. Haut-Bailly is known for its softness and silky texture. The wine has incredible potential, with refined tannins and softly sweet, complex fruit nuances. The 2022 vintage was characterized by extreme climatic conditions, but everything leads Haut Bailly to believe that this heralds, or foreshadows, the climate we will encounter in the coming decades. What seems extraordinary today will become, if not the norm, then at least commonplace tomorrow. But also, the decisions made year after year regarding vineyard management. The choice made at Haut-Bailly to cultivate sustainably by preserving an old vineyard takes on its full meaning under extreme conditions. The deep roots of the vines, due to their age and the work done on the soil, give them a remarkable capacity for resistance.

The months of September through November were warm and dry, and the harvest began early under ideal conditions. Merlots were harvested from September 7th to 14th, and Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, and Cabernet Sauvignon from September 19th to 27th. The 2022 vintage is a blend of 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot, and 2% Cabernet Franc. The winery, inaugurated at the end of 2020, was designed and developed to best adapt to climate change. The new facilities, including cold rooms, a wide variety of barrels for vinification by plot, and an underground aging cellar, allow Haut-Bailly to both preserve and refine the fruit, creating wines that combine power and elegance, density and freshness. This 2022 vintage is therefore doubly satisfying. The satisfaction that they have produced a very good wine and the confidence that we will continue to produce it in the years to come.

FACT: Under the "Attachment" tab, you'll find the official fact sheet, which we'll send you digitally when you order this wine. It's also worth mentioning that we purchase our (Bordeaux) wines directly and never through intermediaries, as we don't know all the journeys the wine has made and how it's been treated. The wines come directly from the Chateau's cellars to our climate-controlled warehouse in Dordrecht, where all our wines are stored .