Château Haut-Bages-Libéral 2023
Pauillac 5ème Grand Cru Classé
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£205.92
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| Style: Red | Packaging: OWC |
| ABV: 13.5% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: Yes | Drink from: 2030 |
| Biodynamic: Yes | Drink to: 2045 |
| Grapes: 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Merlot | |
Critic scores
93-95 RP, 93 NM, 96 AG, 96 JS, 93 JA
Critic reviews
"The 2023 Haut-Bages-Libéral is very promising, bursting with aromas of dark berries, cassis, pencil shavings and violets, followed by a medium to full-bodied, fleshy and suave palate with an enveloping core of fruit, lively acids typical of this limestone terroir, and sweet, powdery tannins. It's a blend of 86% Cabernet Sauvignon and 14% Merlot with a low pH of 3.48."
William Kelley, April 2024, RobertParker.com
"The 2023 Haut-Bages Libéral has a very fine bouquet, black fruit mixed with cedar and pencil-shaving scents that is classical in style, not powerful but nicely focused. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy tannins. Fine weight, driven by the 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, so that there is weight and density on the finish. This deserves four to five years in bottle. Excellent."
Neal Martin, February 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2023 Haut-Bages Libéral is a potent, virile wine. In many vintages, Haut-Bages Libéral is a bit more pliant and inviting, but the 2023 is a wine that is going to need time to come around. Swaths of tannin wrap around a core of black fruit, leather, lavender, licorice, incense and gravel. The 2023 was aged for 16 months in 40% new barrels, 40% once-filled barrels and 20% in a mix of amphora and concrete ovals. I can't wait to see how this ages."
Antonio Galloni, March 2026, Vinous.com
"This has an attractive, expressive nose of cassis, graphite, blue and red fruit and a subtle floral lift. Medium- to full-bodied with impressive depth and energy, it shows chalky, vibrant tannins that bring focus and definition. Expansive yet controlled, with great tension and length. A blend of 86% cabernet sauvignon and 14% merlot, aged in new French oak barrels, concrete and amphorae. Already pleasant, but will evolve beautifully with time. Drink or hold."
James Suckling, January 2026, JamesSuckling.com
"Very much enjoying tasting this in bottle, retains its exceptional Pauillac character with crayon, graphite, cassis, bilberry, softened and lifted by redcurrant and raspberry. Some firm acidities, translating the high percentage of limestone in the soils here. Harvest September 12 to 30. 53hl/h yield, mirroring the high yield of Pauillac in this vintage. 3.48ph, 40% new oak, with the rest of one year old, plus concrete eggs and amphora. Claire Villars-Lurton owner."
Jane Anson, March 2026, JaneAnson.com
William Kelley, April 2024, RobertParker.com
"The 2023 Haut-Bages Libéral has a very fine bouquet, black fruit mixed with cedar and pencil-shaving scents that is classical in style, not powerful but nicely focused. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy tannins. Fine weight, driven by the 86% Cabernet Sauvignon, so that there is weight and density on the finish. This deserves four to five years in bottle. Excellent."
Neal Martin, February 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2023 Haut-Bages Libéral is a potent, virile wine. In many vintages, Haut-Bages Libéral is a bit more pliant and inviting, but the 2023 is a wine that is going to need time to come around. Swaths of tannin wrap around a core of black fruit, leather, lavender, licorice, incense and gravel. The 2023 was aged for 16 months in 40% new barrels, 40% once-filled barrels and 20% in a mix of amphora and concrete ovals. I can't wait to see how this ages."
Antonio Galloni, March 2026, Vinous.com
"This has an attractive, expressive nose of cassis, graphite, blue and red fruit and a subtle floral lift. Medium- to full-bodied with impressive depth and energy, it shows chalky, vibrant tannins that bring focus and definition. Expansive yet controlled, with great tension and length. A blend of 86% cabernet sauvignon and 14% merlot, aged in new French oak barrels, concrete and amphorae. Already pleasant, but will evolve beautifully with time. Drink or hold."
James Suckling, January 2026, JamesSuckling.com
"Very much enjoying tasting this in bottle, retains its exceptional Pauillac character with crayon, graphite, cassis, bilberry, softened and lifted by redcurrant and raspberry. Some firm acidities, translating the high percentage of limestone in the soils here. Harvest September 12 to 30. 53hl/h yield, mirroring the high yield of Pauillac in this vintage. 3.48ph, 40% new oak, with the rest of one year old, plus concrete eggs and amphora. Claire Villars-Lurton owner."
Jane Anson, March 2026, JaneAnson.com