, with markups that are not outrageous. The Chablis seemed to be pretty good deals. The reserve winelist is tiny (4 wines) — renowned producers, but not necessarily first tier vintages e.g. a ’98 Ch. Haut Brion, instead of...

the “gravel” of the soil... i can’t think of a consistently “rockier” red wine than Haut Brion. So it depends on whether we’re talking about mineral texture or mineral "flavor" Interesting that...

epiphanies... My first really great aged Bordeaux from a “great” vintage – 1982 Haut Brion - I could not believe it. Wow. Burgundy – 1985 DRC Grand Eschezeaux, 1955 Richebourg – both in the same night....

of white Haut-Brion, perhaps the greatest dry Sauvignon Blanc of the world. It is not available in most of the U.S., though. (Just as a complete aside, the other well known, high-end, widely available, Friulian winery is...

'll certainly try it again when I’m next in Texas. 1970 Château La Mission Haut-Brion, Graves² (Bordeaux, France): This was from a Double Magnum (DMG), a 3.0L bottle that I purchased back in 1974 or 1975 when I worked at The...

61 Latour is another fantastic choice... a beauty, such power... Up there with Latour a Pomerol, Petrus, Haut Brion, La Mission Haut Brion, Trotanoy, and Palmer as my favorite 61’s. All quite different but all amazing.

Yes!! The 1990 Latour is definitely way too young! Oh well?! In fact, I was amazed to find a recently tasted 1981 Haut Brion ( an off year ) was just reaching its peak!!

case of things like DRC La Tache, Richebourg, several bottles of 1989 Haut Brion ($1,099 each), Kistler chardonnays, etc. but they did have a varied selection of less expensive items as well from the new and old world. Good...

Matrix Reloaded, 1959 Ch. Haut-Brion

), sort of made confit style with strands of meat that came off relatively readily, in a dark bouillon with various vegetables. We drank a 1/2 bottle of Les Bahans de Haut-Brion, which was alright and very reasonably priced. (7)...

about, pointing us to a 2000 Chateau Laville Haut-Brion Bordeaux Blanc. However, for 400+ a bottle, we weren’t feeling like spending that much on wine. Instead he suggested we go with half bottles to arch over a few...

at Bastide. The amazing thing is this seems to ring true for some. Drinking swill and eating amazingly fine ffod. How can this be? It might be the enophiles equivalent of '61 Haut Brion and Oki Dog. What’s up? There is a...

by certain well-priced whites (e.g., Haut-Brion Blanc 1984 at 180 euros, Mersault Clos de la Barre 1996, Lafon at 110 euros) and champagnes (e.g., Salon 1985 at 150 euros). However, I adhered to my original choice of a more...

is generally considered to have a good wine list, and I do not disagree with that assessment. There were some interesting bottles (e.g., Laville Haut-Brion white burgundy 1980 at C$250, an expensive range of sake by the bottle)....

Ok first of all Haut-Brion is in Bordeaux NOT Burgundy....wonder who made that mistake?! Fred is a clown and his wines reflect his style, no class, no pedigree and in bad taste most of the time. I dig finding a value as much as...