Château La Mission Haut Brion, Cru Classé, Pessac Léognan, 1997

Name: Château La Mission Haut Brion, Cru Classé, Pessac Léognan
Brand: Château La Mission Haut-Brion
Price: 2400 GBP

Available Vintages

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critic reviews

90/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 1997 La Mission Haut-Brion has a garnet core and light bricking on the rim. The bouquet is mature and leafy, developing touches of hickory and clove, and revealing suggestions of freshly picked mint in the background. It is actually very endearing for a 1997 and has held up well over the past 24 years. The palate is also fully mature, offering leafy, red berry fruit, quite piquant in style, and hints of tobacco, peppercorns and cracked black pepper toward the pinched but nevertheless engaging finish. Is it the best La Mission Haut-Brion ever made? No. Did I finish the bottle? Yes. Job done. Tasted at home over dinner.

DRINKING WINDOW 2021 - 2030

date of review 09/2021

87/100Robert Parker,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

This dark ruby/plum-colored wine offers a big, spicy, tobacco leaf, and black fruit-scented nose, lots of structure and tannin, good depth, medium body, and enough accessibility to be consumed now (although it will improve for 5-7 years and last for a dozen or more).

DRINKING WINDOW 2000 - 2012

date of review 04/2000