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Dark plum/ruby with a dusty, earthy, cigar box-scented nose, this somewhat austere, medium-bodied La Mission-Haut-Brion shows plenty of tannin in a somewhat muscular style without the charm and seductiveness of the ripest years. Nevertheless, the aromatics are there, and the wine still tastes young, but I suspect there will always be a certain austerity to La Mission Haut-Brion's 1986. Anticipated maturity: 2004-2016. Last tasted, 9/02.
Rob...
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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
1986 Weather conditions
Sum of temperatures : 3050 °C
Rain : 386 mm
Days where temperature above 30 °C : 19
Harvest : from 29/09/1986 to 10/10/1986
Current vintage notes
A rather cold spring. Hard weather conditions in June for the flowering. A hot and
dry summer carried through until the end of the harvest period.
Château La Mission Haut-Brion
In the 17th century, Madame de Lestonnac bequeathed the domain of La Mission Haut-B...
