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A monumental wine, this historic La Mission-Haut-Brion was the last vintage made by the descendants of the Woltner family, who had owned this estate for decades prior to selling it to their neighbors, the Dillon family (the American owners of cross-street rival, Chateau Haut-Brion). The 1982 admirably demonstrates the magnificence of La Mission as well as the singularity of this amazing terroir. I had the good fortune of tasting it from barrel...
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The Story
Château La Mission Haut-Brion has a history as deep as its roots. It was started way back in the 16th century by the de Lestonnac family, and by the 17th century, a group of Lazarist priests took over and really put it on the map. Sitting directly across the street from its famous neighbor, Château Haut-Brion, the estate straddles the communes of Talence and Pessac. Since 1983, it has been part of the Domaines Clarence Dillon family, led by Pr...
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It is very seldom that such good weather conditions as in 1982 are found. April was very dry and hot. June slightly thundery. A hot summer followed from July 8th onwards. Very hot during the harvest, which began September 15th and ended September 24th. First-rate weather conditions to produce a great wine.
The wines are generally supertender and so is this wine while it has a good backbone derived from minerality and firm tannins helping it...
Vintage 1982
1982 by James Suckling
The 1982 vintage in Bordeaux changed the world of wine and my life. It was the first vintage I tasted from barrel as a young wine writer working for the American magazine The Wine Spectator, and I was amazed at how magnificent the quality of a young red could be in barrel.
I remember the first barrel samples I tasted in the summer of 1983 at Château Prieuré-Lichine with the late wine author and winemaker Alexis Lic...
