Château La Mission Haut-Brion 2017

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Château La Mission Haut-Brion 2017

Château La Mission Haut-Brion 2017 is a Bordeaux red wine from the Pessac-Léognan appellation, renowned for its elegance and depth even in a challenging year. Produced mainly from Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it has a refined structure, firm but silky tannins and a remarkable balance between concentration and freshness. It has good ageing potential!

Vinification: Grapes harvested manually, plot by plot, at optimal ripeness. After very rigorous sorting, the berries are fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats. Malolactic fermentation takes place in French oak barrels, where the wine acquires complexity and smoothness. This is followed by an ageing period of around 18 to 20 months in 68% new barrels, during which regular racking is carried out to naturally clarify the wine.

Tasting Notes: Deep colour with purple highlights. The bouquet starts off very aromatic and powerful, with superb richness. Swirling in the glass confirms the initial impression and brings out complex notes. Starts out soft, caressing, broadbased, smooth, and fruity on the palate, before revealing rich, juicy, and fresh tannin. The aftertaste is long and full of flavour.

Grape Varieties: 56% Merlot Noir, 39.6% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4.4% Cabernet Franc

Wine Type: Red Wine
Format: 0,75L
Vintage: 2016
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
The highest scoring: James Suckling 97 to 99 Points
Robert Parker: RP96
Wine Spectator: 94
Wine Enthusiast: 95
James Suckling: 97
Jancis Robinson: 18 +

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A tight, solid red with crushed-berry, sandalwood, stone and cement flavors. It’s full-bodied, yet very tight and compact with excellent depth and intensity. Closed and austere, but there’s both energy and levity to it at the same time. Try after 2025.

Solidly built, with a roasted alder frame around a mix of steeped red and black currant, bitter plum and blackberry compote flavors. Lots of sweet tobacco and dried anise notes fill in on the finish, along with a chewy, tarry edge that should meld into the fruit with time. Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Best from 2023 through 2038. 7,300 cases made.

This rich, structured wine has bold tannins and generous blackberry flavors. It is firm, showing its dry, tannic side at the moment, hinting at the black fruits to come. It will be a very open, opulent wine as it matures. Drink from 2024.

Composed of 56% Merlot, 4.4% Cabernet Franc and 39.6% Cabernet Sauvignon, the deep garnet-purple colored 2017 La Mission Haut-Brion is a little reticent on the nose to begin, slowly unfurling to reveal notes of crushed blackcurrants, Black Forest cake and Morello cherries with suggestions of cigar box, pencil shavings, charcoal and fertile loam. Medium-bodied, the palate has fantastic intensity with loads of mineral layers and a rock-solid line of firm, grainy tannins, finishing very long and with great energy.

Tasted blind. Deep ruby colour. Cedar, cassis and star anise. Dark, rich and brooding. Mouth-filling, rich fruit and deeply savoury spice. Powerful, smoky and rich but with all the density of fruit needed. Aristocratic, easy intensity and harmony. Good bones and great potential.

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