2024 La Mission Haut Brion Rouge

Auslieferung bis zum Herbst 2027!
Delivery until Fall 2027!

Medium to full intensity, vibrant plum colour, this is elegant and balanced, with the same juicy orchard apple character that you find in La Chapelle, along with cloves, incense, slate, crayon and baking spice, lots of complexity and balance. The aromatics are a little subdued right now but this has ageing ability and estate signature. 5.3 press, 75% new oak, 26hl/h yield.
94/100 Jane Anson

(Pessac-Léognan; 51% Cabernet Sauvignon; 46.5% Merlot; 2.5% Cabernet Franc; a final yield across the two estates of 26 hl/ha for the reds here; pH 3.65; c. 13.2% alcohol; 5.3% press wine). Cool, rather intimate and introvert – that sensation of entering the dark crypt with the residual aromatics of the mass previously performed, above all a hint of myrrh, also candlewax and the plume of smoke from the snuffed candleflame. Iris. Dark berries and cherries, a touch of wild herbs, a little hint of nutmeg freshly grated. Plump, plush, full, broad-shouldered yet with no brutal corners, this is gracious, delicately textured and extraordinarily fine-grained in its tannic profile. The cedar notes are there but very subtly so – just waiting to push through and enrobe all with time in the bottle. A cool focussed precision. Very classical, very harmonious if perhaps not the depth or concentration of the very top vintages. Ethereal nonetheless.
93-95/100+ Colin Hay; The Drinks Business

Deep garnet-purple colored. Needs a little patient swirling to bring out evocative scents of juicy black plums, fresh blackberries, and kirsch, plus nuances of lilac, star anise, and fragrant soil. The medium-bodied palate is satiny textured with great energy and freshness, delivering layers of blackberries and floral notes, finishing long and perfumed.
94-96/100 Lisa Perrotti-Brown; The Wine Independent