What a blockbuster effort! Atypically powerful, one day, the 2009 Haut-Brion may be considered to be the 21st century version of the 1959. It is an extraordinarily complex, concentrated effort made from a blend of 46% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon and 14% Cabernet Franc with the highest alcohol ever achieved at this estate, 14.3%. Even richer than the perfect 1989, with similar technical numbers although slightly higher extract and alcohol, it offers up a sensational perfume of subtle burning embers, unsmoked cigar tobacco, charcoal, black raspberries, wet gravel, plums, figs and blueberries. There is so much going on in the aromatics that one almost hesitates to stop smelling it. However, when it hits the palate, it is hardly a letdown. This unctuously textured, full-bodied 2009 possesses low acidity along with stunning extract and remarkable clarity for a wine with a pH close to 4.0. The good news is that there are 10,500 cases of the 2009, one of the most compelling examples of Haut-Brion ever made. It requires a decade of cellaring and should last a half century or more. Readers who have loved the complexity of Haut-Brion should be prepared for a bigger, richer, more massive wine, but one that does not lose any of its prodigious aromatic attractions.

這款年輕的葡萄酒具有巨大的潛力，目前還遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)沒(méi)有發(fā)展到品質(zhì)的高峰。它的口感像鐵腕一樣緊致有力，其中蘊(yùn)藏著黑莓、黑醋栗和烤無(wú)花果的豐富風(fēng)味，余味中襲來(lái)一陣陣煙草葉、烤石塊、烤月桂葉和焦油的濃郁香氣。這些香氣，估計(jì)至少要10年以后才會(huì)融為一體，該酒適合那些出生于2009年的孩子長(zhǎng)大成人之后再飲用。最佳適飲期為2020-2040年。

Black red, satiny smooth expression of pure fruit, rich and velvety texture with firm tannins that show up after the concentrated fragrance of pure vineyard fruit, beautiful structure and almost massive for Haut-Brion, but this robustness will assure a great and fascinating future.