Château Barde-Haut - Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2006

Wine Advocate

87 / 100

byNeal Martinthe5/31/2016

Tasted at Bordeaux Index's annual 10-Year On tasting in London and at the château, the 2006 Château Barde Haut has a soft, raspberry preserve and crushed strawberry-scented bouquet with just a dab of marmalade. The palate is fully matured after ten years with slightly dry tannin on the entry, quite masculine in style and needing more flesh and depth to come through on the finish. I have tasted much better bottles of this in recent years; I recommend drinking bottles sooner rather than later. Tasted March 2016.

Jancis Robinson

14.50 / 20

byJancis Robinsonthe1/27/2010

Relatively pale. Direct fruity attack but it dries out a bit on the finish to be quite a challenge. There is substance and character here. Drink 2012-2018

Wine Spectator

87 / 100

byJames Sucklingthe3/31/2009

Subtle aromas of blackberry and cherry follow through to a medium body, with firm tannins and a silky finish. A bit lean now, but balanced and attractive.

Wine Advocate

89 / 100

byRobert Parkerthe2/1/2009

This richly fruity, disarmingly charming 2006 exhibits a deep ruby/purple hue in addition to elegant black currant and blackberry fruit intermixed with licorice and underbrush, a plush texture, sweet tannin, and a layered finish. This is a hedonistic wine to enjoy over the next decade. Drink 2009-2019

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar

90-92 / 100

byStephen Tanzerthe6/30/2008

Medium red-ruby. Captivating aromas of redcurrant, leather, flowers, iron and caramel. Fat and lush, with more definition and mineral lift to the spicy red fruit flavors than the 2007 shows today. In a rather closed phase now, with a restrained sweetness and good firm tannic backbone. Here, too, the tannins arrive late, but this one has a mineral element I don't yet find in the 2007, giving it more finesse than it appeared to possess last spring.

La Revue du Vin de France

15.50-17 / 20

the7/9/2007

On aime le côté exotique du nez, avec ses arômes de ruits noirs très mûrs et de boisé toasté, la bouche flatteuse, au joli grain serré et velouté et à la finale fraîche.

Decanter Magazine

16 / 20

the6/30/2007

Elegant, stylish wine. silky tannins, pure frit flavour, fresh, minerally finish. 2013-20

Falstaff

90-92 / 100

the5/23/2007

Dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung, in der Nase mit zarten Gewürzen unterlegte rotbeeriges Konfit, etwa Tabak und Balsam, eher verhalten. Am Gaumen kompakt und elegant, stoffige Frucht, lebendiger Stil, frische Struktur, dezente Tannine, die gut integriert sind, Finesse, feine Extraktsüße, balanciert und anhaltend. Gutes Entwicklungspotenzial.

Wein Wisser

17 / 20

byRené Gabrielthe5/7/2007

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Wine Advocate

91-93 / 100

byNeal Martinthe5/1/2007

Tasted at Clos l’Eglise. My favourite wine from Hélène Garçin-Leveque and her winemaking husband. A beautiful, well poised nose with great purity: ripe red-berried fruits, a hint of black truffle and hedgerow. The palate is succulent and supple, with racy acidity cutting through. Quite minerally on the finish, that perhaps lacks the length and depth of the 2005, but does not detract from what will be a delicious Saint Emilion.

Vinum

14.50 / 20

the4/30/2007

Extraktreich, viel Holz. 2012 bis 2018

Jancis Robinson

14.50 / 20

byJancis Robinsonthe4/18/2007

Life and some mealiness on this concentrated-looking wine. Some animal notes, not the most focussed on the palate in the event. A hint of greenness. A little bit sloppy in fact. I’d like to have seen a little more ripeness to counterbalance the tannins. Light, slightly metallic nose. Very fleeting in its impact with lots of acidity and no really convincing fruit character or weight.