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Château Haut-Hrion's tasting notes :The wine shows a very interesting nose complex as of a good year. Not so pleasant on the palate. Hints of resin and truffle lead to heavier, inelegant aromas. The structure is fine but a high volatile acidity leaves the mouth dry.
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The Story
La Mission Haut Brion is situated in Bordeaux' southern suburb, Talence. From 1919 and until 1983, it was Woltner family, who had owned this property. Under Woltner's reign, La Mission Haut Brion experienced one of its greatest period with string of fine vintages and was considered then as fully on the level with First Growths and sometimes even better than these. In 1983, owners of Haut Brion purchased La Mission Haut Brion and today its Jean...
Wine Information
A very fine year, very hot and relatively dry. Because of the war, estates were not able to make the most of the vintage. An early growing season, with full flowering on May 29th.
The land that makes up the Château La Mission Haut-Brion estate was donated in 1664 to the congregation of the Lazarites or Prêcheurs de la Mission, established by Saint Vincent de Paul. Appropriated by the government during the Revolution, it was sold in 1792. Th...
