Haut Brion - 1996 (750ml) Size:750ml and these six vintages from

and these six vintages from my cellar all acquitted themselves well

with gingerbread and smoke nuances

On the palate it admirably combines elegance with power

and black cherry and black currant fruit

The 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain is prodigious

Haut Brion - 1996 (750ml) Size:750ml and these six vintages fromWhile in some vintages La Mission Haut Brion and Haut Brion can be close in quality, that is not the case in this vintage. The 1996 Haut Brion, a blend of 50% Merlot, 39% Cabernet Sauvignon and 11% Cabernet Franc is clearly on a higher plane than the La Mission. There is something much more expansive and complete on the nose: greater depth of fruit, more harmonious with scents of underbrush, tar, black olive and this bottle perhaps less "feral" than I