Château La Mission Haut Brion Blanc, Pessac Léognan
    Château La Mission Haut-Brion

    Château La Mission Haut Brion Blanc, Pessac Léognan, 2018

    96/100
    Robert Parker Wine Advocate
    95/100
    The Wine Independent
    96/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
    Broking
    1. 2018

      6x75cl

      DP

      £2,543.12

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    Critic Reviews

    95/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
    The Wine Independent
    The white 2018 La Mission Haut-Brion explodes with notes of guava, pineapple, and ripe peaches, plus touches of honeyed toast and cedar. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is taut and layered, with lovely zesty sparks and a long, spicy finish.
    drinking window 2023 - 2032
    date of review 02/2023
    96/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
    Robert Parker Wine Advocate
    The La Mission Haut-Brion 2018 Blanc is a blend of 57.4% Sauvignon Blanc and 42.6% Semillon. It sashays out of the glass with gregarious notes of white peaches, fresh pears and pineapple with nuances of lime blossoms, crushed rocks and sea spray, plus a waft of beeswax. The racy, medium to full-bodied palate is charged with energy, delivering vibrant citrus and tropical fruit layers with a satiny texture and fantastic length. Completely exceeding my barrel tasting expectations, this promises to be an earlier drinking style, albeit multilayered, dripping with class and, yes, it's downright sexy. Give it just a few more months in bottle and then it should offer decadent drinking for the next 15+ years.
    drinking window 2022 - 2037
    date of review 03/2021
    96/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    Tasted side by side, the 2018 La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc is unequivocally a few steps ahead of the 2018 Haut-Brion Blanc. I made sure to decant my bottle for three hours before penning a single note, as it always demands aeration. Slightly deeper in color, which is nothing unusual, it has a more complex bouquet of yellow fruit, peach skin, almond shavings, hazelnut and light lanolin notes, all beautifully defined. The palate is extremely well balanced with a tangy, marmalade-tinged entry, dried honey and a slight pepperiness toward the finish. Very cohesive and focused, this is a marvelous, quite cerebral La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc. Superb.
    drinking window 2022 - 2050
    date of review 03/2021

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    Specifications

    abv:
    14.5%

    allergen information

    This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.