1982 | Chteau Haut-Bages Libral | Pauillac

Red Wine: 1982 | Chteau Haut-Bages Libral | Pauillac

The palate is powerful and complex. A wine of great finesse and an impressive length in the mouth.

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Producer: Chteau Haut-Bages Libral

Vintage: 1982

Size: 750ml

ABV: 12.5%

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend Red

Country/Region: France, Bordeaux

The palate is powerful and complex. A wine of great finesse and an impressive length in the mouth.

Producer Information

Chteau Haut-Bages Libral is a certified organic and biodynamic Bordeaux producer in the Pauillac appellation, making Cabernet Sauvignon-dominant red wine. It is one of the 18 estates deemed a Fifth Growth in the 1855 classification of the Mdoc and Graves. The modern estate is has 30 hectares (74 acres) of vineyards. These are planted roughly with around 75 percent Cabernet Sauvignon and 25 percent Merlot. Parcels are located in several locations within Pauillac. The largest is situated next to Chteau Latour, with a smaller section by the winery and chateau, down the road next to Chteau Pichon Lalande. Both lie relatively close to the Gironde estuary, while the third plot lies further inland near Chateau Grand-Puy-Lacoste. Soils are mainly deep gravel over a limestone base. Organic and Biodynamic certification was achieved in 2019. The wine is made and 16 stainless steel tanks and 16 cement vats all with temperature control. Volumes range from 4700 to 17,000 liters (approximately 1250 to 4500 US liquid gallons). From 2018 a 20 percent component of the wine has been aged in amphorae. The remainder is aged in French oak barrels, with 40 percent new wood, for 14 to 18 months. Besides its grand vin, Libral makes a pair of second wines, La Chapelle de Bages and La Fleur de Haut-Bages Libral. The third wine is Le Haut-Mdoc de Haut-Bages Libral. This can be 100 percent Merlot. The name references the site of the chteau on top of the small Bages plateau that falls between the communes Pauillac and Saint-Julien. It is also named for the Libral family, ngociants (wine brokers) who owned the property in the 18th Century, and helped establish the reputation that made it a classed growth. For a number of years the wines were made at neighboring Chteau Pontet-Canet when both properties were owned by the Cruse family. They owned Haut-Bages Libral from 1960 to 1983. Then they sold Libral to the Taillan Group headed by Jacques Merlaut. Merlaut’s granddaughter Claire Villars-Lurton has owned and managed Haut-Bages Libral, as well as Ferrire and La Gurgue (both in Margaux) since 2000. Together with her husband Gonzague Lurton’s property Chteau Dufort-Vivens, they form the G&C Lurton group.