La Chapelle de la Mission Haut Brion, Pessac Léognan, 2010
47% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 26% Cabernet Franc with yields cropped at 41 hl/ha. This is the most powerful and intense Chapelle de La Mission we can remember. A beautifully heady, floral bouquet, with violets, stoney minerality and cool crème de cassis fruit. The palate is packed with svelte, mûre sauvage fruit, clear, unbridled, polished fruit. This is silky, refined, dense and finishes with sweet tannins. A very smart second wine.
critic reviews
The 2010 La Chapelle de la Mission has a well-defined bouquet with brambly red fruit and undergrowth scents, hints of chai tea and bay leaf emerging with time. This is another Pessac-Léognan with a very pretty nose. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins and a crisp bead of acidity. This is well balanced, lightly spiced with and ferrous, persistent finish. Excellent. Tasted blind at Farr Vintners 10-Year On Bordeaux horizontal.
Made of 47% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Franc, the 2010 La Chapelle de la Mission Haut-Brion is deep garnet colored and has opulent scents of baked raspberries, Black Forest cake and blueberry tart with hints of star anise, prunes and spice cake. Full-bodied, rich and seductive in the mouth, the palate has a solid frame of firm, grainy tannins and bold freshness, finishing long and mineral laced.