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The Voluptuous Purity and Power of Château La Mission Haut-Brion 2025
The unveiling of Château La Mission Haut-Brion 2025 has ignited widespread enthusiasm across the fine wine world, with critics heralding the vintage as a compelling, early favorite that ranks among the definitive triumphs of the year. Positioned directly across the road from its legendary stablemate Haut-Brion under the Clarence Dillon umbrella, La Mission has delivered a...
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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 dry, chilly winter prepared the way for a slightly early budbreak and a springtime bathed in light that accompanied the vine’s momentum. Adjusting the pace of their work to each sign from living organisms, the teams gave constant watchfulness to the vineyard. There was complete consistency for flowering and berry set, which unfolded in ideal conditions. Passed on from weather conditions in the previous year, floral induction was weaker howev...
Vintage 2025
The Bordeaux 2025 vintage is generating massive excitement across the wine world, following its official reveal at the April 2026 En Primeur tastings. Critics and merchants widely praise it as a highly successful, contemporary vintage shaped by an unusual but highly effective growing season.
The year began with a cool, rain-heavy spring, but completely pivoted into a hot, exceptionally dry summer. The ultimate saving grace arrived during Au...
