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  • Country ranking ?

    1 550
  • Producer ranking ?

    83
  • Decanting time

    45min
  • When to drink

    Now
  • 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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Wine Information

1940 Weather conditions
Sum of temperatures : 3094 °C
Rain : 339 mm
Harvest : from 26/09/1940 to 05/10/1940

Current vintage notes
A basically normal year, with higher than average rainfall. The whole is rather
comparable to 1926, which, too, made some very good bottles.

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Tasting note

color

Deep, Ruby red and Clear

ending

Long and Harsh

flavors

Blackcurrant, Toasty, Smoky and Earthy

nose

Intense, Complex, Fresh and Round

recommend

Yes

taste

Low in Acidity, High tannin, Medium-bodied, One-dimensional, Firm, Dry and Drying tannins

Written Notes

The second wine had a fabulous nose with aromas of decadent chocolate. Bordeaux was definitely in the house. ‘Smoky’ and ‘powerful’ came from the crowd for this dark wine. ‘So much fruit,’ I wrote, including plum and black cherry, along with great spice. The palate was delicious and mature, similar to the nose but milder, with more carob. It, too, gained in the glass and got richer. While balanced and smooth, it gained this old Burgundy complexity. I was stunned to discover this gorgeous wine was a 1940 La Mission Haut Brion. God bless old wine (95).
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Origin

Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux
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