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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...
Vuosikerta 1972
The 1972 Bordeaux vintage stands as one of the most notoriously wet, cold, and disastrous harvests in post-WWII history, defined by a freezing, protracted spring that severely disrupted fruit set (coulure and millerandage), a sunless, chilly summer, and unrelenting rain throughout October. Contending with widespread rot, low natural sugar levels, and severe dilution across both the Left and Right Banks, châteaux were forced into drastic measur...
