{"product_id":"chateau-haut-brion-1949","title":"Chateau Haut-Brion Pessac-Leognan 1949 AOC 0,75l","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe label on this bottle will read Graves, not Pessac-Léognan. The appellation that now covers Haut-Brion was not created until 1987, so a 1949 predates it by nearly forty years. The château was already an island inside the suburbs of Bordeaux by then, owned since 1935 by the American banker Clarence Dillon, and it remains the only estate outside the Médoc admitted to the 1855 classification.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1949 was hot, dry and low-yielding, one of the great post-war vintages. Haut-Brion's gravel mounds hold heat and drain hard, which in a summer like that gave unusual density and the warm, smoky, earth-and-embers character that separates it from its Médoc neighbours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis particular bottle is offered strictly as a collector's item.\u003c\/strong\u003e The fill has fallen to low shoulder across seventy-seven years and the capsule is slightly damaged, which together make it very unlikely the wine inside is still sound. What you are buying is a famous object from a famous year, and it is priced well below an intact bottle for that reason.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProducer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Château Haut-Brion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVintage:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1949\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pessac-Léognan AOC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e 75cl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bordeaux, France\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Red\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere it is likely to be now.\u003c\/strong\u003e At low-shoulder fill a red of this age has almost certainly oxidised, so treat this as a display bottle from the year rather than something to plan an evening around.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho it suits.\u003c\/strong\u003e Suits a seventy-seventh birthday for a collector rather than a drinker: a first-growth label and a legendary year, bought as an object.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition.\u003c\/strong\u003e The wine level has dropped to low shoulder and the capsule is slightly damaged, and the merchant sells it for collection only — we pass that on plainly rather than soften it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance.\u003c\/strong\u003e Bought to order from a professional European merchant. We check fill, label and capsule when the bottle reaches us and photograph it before it ships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelivered in 7 to 10 working days, tracked. Transit cover can be added at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSold as a collectible item, as seen. No guarantee is given on drinkability.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!--anno-tpl-3--\u003e","brand":"Château Haut-Brion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58326653436248,"sku":"ANNO-000669","price":1450.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/6505\/6856\/files\/Chateau-Haut-Brion-Pessac-Leognan-1949-AOC-075l.jpg?v=1790689540","url":"https:\/\/anno.wine\/products\/chateau-haut-brion-1949","provider":"ANNO","version":"1.0","type":"link"}