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Wine Description
The Story
Formerly named Château Laville Haut-Brion, Château La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc is produced in such extremely limited quantities that it is confined to the initiated. Its make-up almost 85% of Semillon, 14% Sauvignon Blanc and a pinch of Muscadelle ? also makes it unique. When young it possesses the characteristics of a premier Gewurztraminer. With time it trades its Alsatian color for the amber of the great Sauterne wines. Then this dry white ...
Vintage 1988
The 1988 Bordeaux vintage was a classic, firmly structured, and intellectual harvest across both banks that marked the beginning of a famous trilogy of sunny late-1980s vintages alongside 1989 and 1990. Following a mild, rainy winter and a cool spring that delayed flowering, a warm, dry summer provided ideal condition for slow, steady ripening, culminating in a dry, sun-drenched autumn harvest that allowed winemakers to pick fully mature, thic...