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Château Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan 2005

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Wine Type and Color

Red Still

Magazine Issue

Mar 31, 2008

Summary

Primary Grape

Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon, native to Bordeaux, has thick blue skins, giving the resulting wines plentiful tannins and phenolics and making them particularly ageworthy. Over the past 50 years, Cabernet Sauvignon has spread to all of the New World's major winegrowing regions, and it remains one of France's most important grapes.

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Other Grapes

Merlot, Cabernet Franc

Region

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Château Haut-Brion Pessac-Léognan 2005

This is incredible on the nose, showing coffee cake, …

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Wine Type and Color

Red Still

Magazine Issue

Mar 31, 2008

Primary Grape

Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon, native to Bordeaux, has thick blue skins, giving the resulting wines plentiful tannins and phenolics and making them particularly ageworthy. Over the past 50 years, Cabernet Sauvignon has spread to all of the New World's major winegrowing regions, and it remains one of France's most important grapes.

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Overhead photo of various ingreidnets that make up the grape

Other Grapes

Merlot, Cabernet Franc

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