- Château Haut-Bailly 2021 has been released at £1,152 per 12×75.
- Neal Martin rated it 93-95 points.
- The 2011, 2014 and 2019 vintages offer better value.
As part of this year’s Bordeaux En Primeur campaign, Château Haut-Bailly 2021 has been released at €96 per bottle ex-négociant, unchanged on the 2020’s opening price.
It is being offered by the international trade for £1,152 per 12×75. The 2014 and 2019 vintages look better value in relation to today’s release. See more pricing analysis below.
Volumes being offered are down 60% on what they were last year due to the impact of the weather during the growing season.
Critics’ scores
Neal Martin (Vinous) rated the wine 93-95 points and said it had ‘sappy black fruit and fine acidity’. A wine that ‘needs to be decanted then poured at the dinner table’, he concluded.
William Kelley (Wine Advocate) thought it the ‘Cabernet-driven modern day alter ego of the superb Merlot-dominant 1998’. He scored it 94-95+.
Jane Anson scored the wine 95-points and Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW (The Wine Independent) awarded it a score of 92-94+.
Fair Value analysis
Today’s opening price comes at around a 40% premium to the price implied by Liv-ex’s Fair Value methodology.
Buyers looking for value might be interested in the similarly scored 2014 and 2011 vintages, which are available for less; both having a Market Price of around £600 per dozen.
The higher-scored 2019 also continues to offer fair value under £1,000 per case.
Other releases
The estate’s second label, Haut Bailly II, has also been released and is being offered for £318 per case (12×75).
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Liv-ex analysis is drawn from the world’s most comprehensive database of fine wine prices. The data reflects the real time activity of Liv-ex’s 580+ merchant members from across the globe. Together they represent the largest pool of liquidity in the world – currently £100m of bids and offers across 16,000 wines. Independent data, direct from the market.
