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

Château La Mission Haut Brion, Cru Classé, Pessac Léognan


Destination

vintage


portfolio

Portfolio
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2020
6x75cl
DP
£1,833.62

2021
6x75cl
DP
£1,639.22

2021
6x75cl
DP
£1,639.22

Broking

Broking
These are wines from our broking list and have an average delivery window of 15 working days.


1996
12x75cl
DP
£3,360.00

1998
12x75cl
DP
£4,418.46

1999
12x75cl
DP
£2,918.46

2000
12x75cl
DP
£6,494.46

2005
12x75cl
DP
£6,278.46

2009
12x75cl
DP
£5,606.46

2019
6x75cl
DP
£1,519.22

2019
6x75cl
DP
£1,567.22

En primeur

En Primeur
The following wines are either En Primeur or Ex-Chateau and currently abroad awaiting shipment to the UK. These wines are subject to final confirmation from the Justerini & Brooks team.


2022
3x75cl
EP
£795.00

2022
6x75cl
EP
£1,590.00


Château La Mission Haut Brion, Cru Classé, Pessac Léognan, 1996

1996

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Château La Mission Haut Brion, Cru Classé, Pessac Léognan, 1996
ABV:
13%
93/100
Neal Martin, Vinous

The 1996 La Mission Haut-Brion is an improvement on the previous vintage, though it remains a couple of steps behind the high point of the decade, which came two years later. This is quintessential 1996 Pessac, featuring scents of warm gravel and scorched earth on a nose that might be classic to some, but a bit dour to others with a penchant for more hedonistic wines. It’s a structured 1996, drier and more austere than the 1998, but there is good grip and delineation, if maybe just a little leafiness toward the finish. Over the years I have found a bit of bottle variation, and this example falls between the best and worst. Overall, I expected more given the vintage. Give this a couple of hours’ decanting. Tasted at the Vinous 1996 horizontal at Berry Brothers & Rudd.
Date Reviewed:
09/2021

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Château La Mission Haut-Brion

Château La Mission Haut-Brion

Haut Brion’s sister property has a habit of trumping its more illustrious sibling. Owned by Domaine Clarence Dillon S.A., La Mission’s vineyards lie in the same suburbs as those of Haut Brion on deep gravel croupes interspersed with clay. The cepage is not dissimilar in the red wine (48% Cabernet, 45% Merlot and 7% Cabernet Franc) although the Haut Brion Blanc (formally Laville Haut Brion) has a lot more Semillon in the blend than Haut Brion Blanc.

Stylistically, La Mission Haut Brion rouges is more accessible and open than the deeply mineral and slightly introverted Haut Brion when young, but given time the Haut Brion will begin to show its power. Both wines reward long term aging to be at their best.

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