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 2016 La Mission Haut-Brion was stunning from barrel, and now in bottle. It has a sublime bouquet of blackberries, briar and hints of dark chocolate and rose petals that gain intensity with aeration while maintaining ethereal delineation. It never steps on the accelerator too hard. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin. There is still a veneer of new oak that will need to be assimilated over the coming years. This is a deep La Mission that caresses the mouth. Touches of graphite lingering on a finish that fans out gloriously. Is the 2016 up there with the 1955 or 1989? Nearly.
The 2016 La Mission Haut-Brion is a blend of 57.5% Merlot and 42.5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep garnet-purple in color, it is just a little muted to begin, soon unfurling to reveal slowly growing scents of crushed blackcurrants, black cherries, dark chocolate and candied violets with nuances of crushed rocks, tobacco leaf, forest floor and fragrant earth plus a hint of bergamot. Medium-bodied and exquisitely elegant, the palate offers perfectly ripe, fine-grained tannins and tons of freshness with layer upon layer of perfumed fruit and a very long, ferrous-laced finish
Regal wine, showing alluringly ripe and dark plums, that carries a wealth of complexity in its DNA - fine spices, leaves, graphite, violets and more. The palate has very precise drive and super focused style and delivers authoritative tannins that are arranged in linear fashion. Power with elegance. Try from 2024.
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