2015 Château Larrivet Haut-Brion Chateau Larrivet Haut Brion

James Suckling 94 Punkte: Deep and slightly spicy black cherries and blackberries with leafy nuances. The palate has a very pure, lively core of cassis. Full body and deep flavors of blue plums. Try from 2021.

Parker/Perrotti-Brown 91 Punkte: Medium garnet-purple in color, the 2015 Larrivet Haut-Brion offers up fragrant notes of crushed raspberries, Bing cherries and red plums with hints of baking spices, black tea and potpourri plus a touch of crushed rocks. Medium-bodied and vibrantly fruited in the mouth with impressive energy and tension, it has a soft, silky frame and finishes on a lingering perfumed note.

Galloni (90-93) Punkte: The 2015 Château Larrivet-Haut-Brion is a real stunner. Vibrant, nuanced and delineated, the 2015 possesses remarkable detail to balance the richness of the vintage. Sumptuous at the outset yet backed up by considerable structure, the 2015 is simply superb today. Creamy, silky tannins round out the highly expressive finish. This is the first vintage made by Stéphane Derenoncourt and his team. -- Antonio Galloni

Falstaff (91-93) Punkte: Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung, reife schwarze Waldbeerfrucht, etwas Dörrfeigen und Nougat, kandierte Orangenzesten. Mittlerer Körper, süße Waldbeerfrucht, etwas Pflaumen, feine Tannine, mineralischer Nachhall, eleganter Wein mit gutem Reifepotenzial.

Wine Spectator 91 Punkte: Enticing, with vibrant raspberry and red currant coulis fruit liberally laced with singed alder and dried anise notes. Flashes of rooibos tea and incense weave through as well. A light tarry thread on the finish adds range. Drink now through 2027. 12,500 cases made. –JM

Weinwisser 17/20 Punkten: "Sattes Purpur-Granat, dicht in der Mitte, lila Schimmer aussen. Offenes, nach reifen, bis schier überreifen Kirschen duftendes Bouquet, auch Röstkaffee und ganz feine Malz- Honignoten sind da mit dabei. Im Gaumen mittelgewichtig, weich, gebundene Säure, dezent kompottiges Finale. Ein gastronomischer Schmeichler."

Decanter 91 Punkte: "Rich dark chocolate and damson coulis nose - fruit over finesse. It’s a touch heavy with the ripe fruit but still very pleasurable. 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc.14.3%abv, 3.79pH."

Jeb Dunnuck 93 Punkte:

Loads of ripe black cherries, plums, bouquet garni, truffle and forest floor emerge from the glass of the deep purple color 2015 Château Larrivet Haut-Brion. With a full, layered, concentrated profile, ripe tannin, and a great, great finish, it’s a seriously good Pessac-Leognan that’s capable of holding for 15-20 years.