Haut-Brionn.
In full Château Haut-Brion. A variety of fine quality claret.
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claret?1533
Bordeauxc1570
Haut-Brion1663
terse1671
Margaux1705
Lafite1707
long cork1759
Médoc1793
loll-shraub1816
comet claret1828
Latour1833
Mouton1833
palus1833
St. Emilion1833
Larose1841
Pauillac1858
Pontet-Canet1860
Pomerol1866
Léoville1875
Mouton-Rothschild1880
1663 S. Pepys Diary 10 Apr. (1971) IV. 100 Here drank a sort of French wine called Ho Bryan, that hath a good and most perticular taste that I never met with.
1670 W. Hughes Compl. Vineyard (ed. 2) 65 A sort of Claret called Hobriant-wine, of a deep red colour.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1683 (1955) IV. 329 This gent, was owner of that excellent Vignoble of Pontaque & Obrien.
1787 T. Jefferson Memoranda in Papers (1955) XI. 456 Monsieur Mirosmenil..makes 125. tonneaux 3. Hautbrion.
1833 C. Redding Hist. Mod. Wines 145 The first growth of this noted commune [i.e. Pessac] is Château Haut Brion.
1845 Encycl. 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.
1851 C. Redding Hist. Mod. Wines (ed. 3) 174 In 1710, a wine called Obryan claret was sold in London at three shillings the bottle.
1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 605/1 Château Haut-Brion, Pessac.
1935 Punch 28 Aug. 238/2 The Old Yquem which was not too sweet, And the Old Haut Brion so round and neat.
1959 W. James Word-bk. Wine 93 Haut Brion for some odd reason has always been regarded by Englishmen with a peculiar tenderness.
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