Château La Mission Haut-Brion forveksles af og til med andre af ”Haut Brion”-navnene i Pessac-Léognan, og bliver nu og da opfattet som Château Haut-Brions 2. vin. Det er under ingen omstændigheder tilfældet. Omstændighederne har gjort at Château La Mission Haut-Brion og Château Haut Brion, i dag har samme ejere. Det noget mindre kendskab der er til Château La Mission Haut-Brion, kan måske hænge sammen med den noget mindre produktion som slottet præsterer på de kun omkring 20 hektar. Men vinene er, som Haut Brion, blandt de allerstørste vine i hele Bordeauxregionen, og i de største årgange er det en sikker 100 pointsvin i Robert Parkers univers. Dillon-familien, der har ejet Château Haut Brion siden 1935, købte La Mission i 1983, og familien har haft en kraftig del af æren for, at La Mission er i blandt eliten i området.
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BEPLANTNING
48% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot og 7% Cabernet Franc
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AREAL
20 hektar
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SLOTTETS ANDEN VIN
Chapelle de la Mission
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EJER
Robert De Luxembourg (Domaines Clarence Dillon AS)
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The 2022 Château La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc checks in as 72% Semillon and 28% Sauvignon Blanc. It brings sensational intensity and depth in its grilled pineapple, ripe citrus, and flower notes as well as this riveting sense of crushed stone-like minerality. This all carries to a full-bodied white that has integrated acidity, a pure, powerful mouthfeel, and a clean, crisp finish that keeps you salivating. Don’t believe the dogma that great whites can’t emerge from hot vintages. This is a concentrated, powerful, incredibly impressive dry white that will evolve gracefully over the coming two decades. The alcohol hit 14.5% and its pH is 3.32.
Very vivid for such a hot, dry year with grapefruit, sliced pears and hints of matchstick. Full-bodied but not heavy with pretty phenolics and a long and flavorful finish. The extract in this keeps the wine in motion, giving energy. 72% semillon and 28% sauvignon blanc. Give this three or four years of bottle age. Drink or hold.
White rose petals on the nose, softly fragrant, takes a beat before opening and widens to show pumice stone, preserved lemons, quince, with a wash of fresh mint. Excellent quality, clear complexity in such a young wine, has grip and tension, and plenty of finesse. There are some 40-year-plus-Sémillion vines at La Mission, with deep roots, that may have helped retain this freshness, along with the limestone soils. Harvest 16 to 23 August, 2nd earliest harvest after 2003.
Fragt kr. 49,- Fri fragt v/ køb over kr. 1999