Chateau Haut-Bages Liberal 2021- 1017462

The 2021 Haut-Bages Lib‚ral is a powerful, dense wine. Black cherry, mocha, plum, licorice and incense are all amplified in a brooding, dense Pauillac endowed with notable textural richness and tons of sheer power. Aeration releases the wine’s bracing acidity and aromatics, yet the 2021 remains quite rich. Yields were just 31.5 hectoliters-per-hectare, about 30% lower than normal. Haut-Bages Lib‚ral is a rare 2021 that needs time to shed some of its considerable baby fat. It’s a seriously impres