Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2012 Haut Bailly is a brilliant wine for the vintage. It has a very intense bouquet with scents of blackberry, bilberry, cedar and a touch of pencil lead. This is very well defined and focused. The palate is medium-bodied with quite firm tannin, certainly one of the most structured Pessac-Léognan wines that I have encountered, yet it is struck through with wonderful balance and focus. It tightens up a little on the finish, a 2012 built for long-term drinking pleasure, and as such, I would afford it five or six more years in bottle if wishing to experience this in full flight. Tasted March 2017.

James Suckling

This red shows intense blackberries, raspberries and strawberries on the nose, following through to a full body with refined yet firm tannins, fresh acidity and a delicate finish. The purity of fruit and finesse and texture of the tannins are all fantastic.

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

VertdeVin

The nose is fruity, elegant, racy and relatively concentrated. It reveals notes of blackberry, cassis and a hint of plum associated with touches of spices, a discrete hint of strawberry and a fine touch of mocha. The palate is fruity, gourmande, well-balanced and offers a nice acid frame, juiciness of the fruit, freshness, precision, a nice roundness, a nice density, a good definition as well as a silky and fleshy matter. On the palate this wine expresses notes of strawberry, raspberry and a hint of fresh red cherry red associated with a fine touch of cassis, a hint of blueberry, a discreet hint of violet fig as well as a fine hint of flowers, small fresh berries, a discreet touch of liquorice and a discreet touch of sweet spices. Tannins are fine, tight and slightly firm. Good length.

Wine Enthusiast