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Haut-Brion|obriɔ̃|
Also 7 Hobriant, Ho Bryan, 9 Obryan.
[Fr., f. the name of an estate, Château Haut-Brion, in the commune of Pessac, near Bordeaux.]
In full Château Haut-Brion. A variety of fine quality claret.
1663Pepys Diary 10 Apr. (1893) III. 89 Here drank a sort of French wine, called Ho Bryan, that hath a good and most particular taste that I never met with. 1670W. Hughes Compl. Vineyard (ed. 2) 65 A sort of Claret called Hobriant-wine, of a deep red colour. a1700[see vignoble]. 1792T. Jefferson Let. in A. Lichine Encycl. Wines (1967) 4/2 Bordeaux red wines. There are four crops of them more famous than the rest. These are Chateau-Margau, Tour de Segur, Hautbrion & De La Fitte. 1833C. Redding Hist. Mod. Wines 145 The first growth of this noted commune [i.e. Pessac] is Château Haut Brion. 1845Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 1287/2 The following are the principal wines, or those most celebrated in the different countries where the vine has long been cultivated:—France... Bordeaux. Lafitte, red... Haut Brion, ditto. 1851C. Redding Hist. Mod. Wines (ed. 3) 174 In 1710, a wine called Obryan claret was sold in London at three shillings the bottle. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 605/1 Château Haut-Brion, Pessac. 1935Punch 28 Aug. 238/2 The Old Yquem which was not too sweet, And the Old Haut Brion so round and neat. 1959W. James Word-Bk. Wine 93 Haut Brion for some odd reason has always been regarded by Englishmen with a peculiar tenderness. |