Pessac-Léognan · unclassified
Château Larrivet Haut-Brion: vintages available, prices and pairings
The red of Larrivet Haut-Brion, vintage by vintage, with the format, the guide price and what to expect from it today: ready to drink, or for laying down. Tick what interests you, and the quote goes out with your selection.
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The château
In Léognan, like Carbonnieux. The Gervoson family, founders of the Andros jam group, have owned it since 1987 and have entirely replanted and re-equipped it. Despite its name, it has no connection with Château Haut-Brion, in Pessac.
Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. A Pessac-Léognan that is not a classified growth, and priced accordingly: ready at around six years, it holds for about fifteen. The appellation's other châteaux are on the Pessac-Léognan wines page.
The vineyard covers 72.5 hectares, 61 of them red, on the middle terrace of the Graves: very gravelly soils with a sandy or clay matrix, divided into well-drained rises. The red is planted with 50% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Cabernet Franc, with an average vine age of 30 years. Each plot is aged separately, in barrel, amphora, large cask or concrete egg, for 16 months. A 13-hectare wooded park with three ponds surrounds the château. The 2018 blends 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28% Merlot and 16% Cabernet Franc; the 2019 goes up to 65% Cabernet Sauvignon.
What to serve it with
- A vintage six years old or more: lamb (wine with lamb), fillet of beef (wine with beef).
- A younger vintage: roast poultry (wine with poultry), magret (wine with duck).
- With cheese: pressed cheeses (wine with cheese).
Which vintage for which occasion
A Pessac-Léognan for every table at a wedding or a company dinner, at the price of a classified growth's second wine (which Bordeaux for a wedding). For a birthday, the year of birth, if the table has it (birth-year vintage).
Is Larrivet Haut-Brion a classified growth?
No. It is not one of the sixteen Graves classified growths, and it has no connection with Château Haut-Brion: the name is the same, the estate is not.
Why choose it over a classified growth?
For the price. A well-run unclassified estate gives the appellation's style for less, and is often ready to drink sooner.
When to drink a Larrivet Haut-Brion?
Allow six years before opening it and eighteen years of good form, a little more in a great year, a little less in a weak year or in half bottles. The table applies this rule to each line; it is not a tasting note, and a badly stored bottle ages faster.
Are the prices shown the ones in the quote?
They are the tariff's guide prices, incl. VAT, per bottle of the format, excluding delivery. The quote confirms the price, the availability of each vintage and shipping; the delivery grid gives lead times. For a vintage not in the table, the quote request is still open.