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Lisa Perrotti-Brown: Deep garnet-purple in color, the nose of the 2025 Barde Haut is a field of flowers-violets, roses, and lavender-leading to a core of black raspberries and black cherries, plus a hint of forest floor. The medium-bodied palate is wonderfully graceful with very fine-grained tannins and fantastic tension framing the perfumed black and blue fruit layers, finishing long and minerally. Gorgeous. The blend is 80% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc. The alcohol is 14% and the pH is 3.45."
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The Wine Cellar Insider: Flowers and plums fill the perfume. On the palate, the wine is vibrant, juicy, fresh, long, and packed with ripe, sweet, black cherries, chocolate, oceanic influences, mint, and licorice. The finish has great energy, with flesh and length. Clearly, this is one of the best vintages of Barde Haut ever produced. The wine blends 80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc. 14% ABV, 3.45. Harvesting took place September 13 - September 17. Yields were 35 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2029 - 2055."
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Jeb Dunnuck: Deep purple-hued, the 2025 Château Barde-Haut has beautiful notes of ripe black fruits, sappy flowers, tobacco, and chocolate on the nose. On the palate, it's rich and medium to full-bodied, with a deep, layered mouthfeel and a great finish. Checking in at 14% alcohol with a pH of 3.45, from healthy yields, this is a seriously impressive Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classé that's well worth your time and money."
