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  • Country ranking ?

    109
  • Producer ranking ?

    7
  • Decanting time

    4h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Beef

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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...

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Vintage 2016

Bordeaux 2016 in review “A paradox”

by Andrew Caillard MW

The 2016 Bordeaux vintage will be remembered as one of the great years of the 21st century. I haven't been this excited about the prospects of wines this young since the remarkable 2009 and 2010 vintages. At that time, China was at the zenith of its extraordinary rise of fine wines where the highest estates, particularly Château Lafite , had become a backwater currency. Each man a...

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Written Notes

2016 La Mission Haut Brion - This massive wall of fruit, rocks, stone, tannin and scorched earth hits you in all the right places. Dense, intense and concentrated, the fruit on the palate and in the nose comes with this fabulous campfire ember note. This is a long-term hold. So be prepared to wait for as long as 2 decades for the wine to really show off its greatness. It will be worth the wait if you are either young enough, rich enough, or both!

  • 99p

57.5% merlot, 42.5% cabernet sauvignon. Great depth, impressively open perfumed rose petal nose, with mint and wood smoke, excellent density and volume the palate it is seamless again and rides on the acidity, into the toasty mineral tannic finish. Very long and very fine.

  • 97p

Medium deep colour. Intense dark berry liquorice praline aromas. Lovely concentrated blackcurrant cedar, praline flavours, dense chocolaty textures and touch al dente graphite notes. Beautiful rich fruit density and flavour length. Tasted at Ch Haut Brion. 98 points        

  • 98p

Dark purple red with violet hue and black core. An impressing wine with great typicity. Aroma reminiscent of blackberries, blackcurrants and mulberries, elegant toasting aroma and hints of graphite in the background, spicy cedar wood. On the palate excellent structure, great depth and length, sweet fruit, ripe tannins. A great wine with freshness and elegance. 97

  • 97p

Ruby. Blackberries, coffee, blueberries, some vanilla and spices, deep, rich and intense nose. Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, fresh, fruity, dark berries, some ripe raspberries, structured, firm, detailed, layered, refreshing finish, long. 95-97

  • 96p
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Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux
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