Château Haut-Bages Libéral 2025

Characteristics and tasting notes of Château Haut-Bages Libéral 2025

Tasting

Appearance
A ruby hue of remarkable depth, with an opaque core and subtle purple highlights.

Nose
The bouquet reveals a beautiful intensity centred on red fruits, enhanced by notes of chalk, mint, white pepper and a touch of blood orange.

Palate
The attack reveals a structure that is both vertical and mineral, driven by great energy and remarkable precision. The refined tannins accompany the tasting through to a saline finish.

Food and wine pairings
This great red wine will pair ideally with grilled or roasted red meats, such as a rack of lamb or a fine cut of beef. It will also wonderfully complement gourmet dishes featuring mushrooms or truffle.

Serving and cellaring
Château Haut-Bages Libéral 2025 is a wine that can be enjoyed from a young age for its brilliance, yet it also boasts an excellent capacity to age and develop favourably over time.

A great Pauillac cru with a mineral identity

The estate
Established in the 18th century, Château Haut-Bages Libéral is a prestigious estate in the Bordeaux region. Classified as a Fifth Growth in 1855, it covers 30 hectares. Today, the property is run by Claire Villars-Lurton, who has profoundly transformed the estate into a true benchmark of environmental excellence. A pioneer, she has guided the vineyard towards biodynamics and agroecology. These virtuous practices help to enhance this unique terroir and produce wines of great purity.

The vineyard
Located within the prestigious Pauillac appellation, the vineyard extends over 30 hectares. It benefits from a mosaic of soils made up of clay-limestone gravels around the estate and deep gravels on the Bages plateau. Remarkably, half of the vines lie on limestone gravels along the edge of the estuary. The vineyard is certified organic and Demeter. Agroecology has been practised here for twenty years, complemented over the past six years by agroforestry, which now covers 4 hectares of the property.

The vintage
The year was marked by particularly hot summer weather. Fortunately, the proximity of the estuary played a fundamental regulating role, helping to moderate temperatures and preserve all the freshness needed for the proper development of the growing cycle.

Winemaking and aging
Plot-by-plot vinification. Maceration extends over 23 days with temperatures maintained between 18 and 24°C. Extraction is carried out gently and steadily through the use of a neutral gas to stimulate movement, followed by a delicate vertical pressing. Aging then lasts from 12 to 16 months. It is divided between 35% new barrels, 35% one-wine barrels and 30% diamond-shaped concrete egg vats, a technical choice intended to enhance the brightness and freshness of the fruit. Alcohol content: 13.2% vol.

Grape varieties
83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 1% Cabernet Franc, 1% Petit Verdot