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Château La Mission Haut Brion, Pessac-Leognan, Grand Cru Classe de Graves Rouge 2019
Classified Red Wine. Cru Classe de Graves in 1959.
Critic tasting note: (2019 vintage)
"The deep, dark, ruby-red color is not quite opaque. The aromas are of rich, cooked-plum & raisin. The palate displays excellent freshness. Jammy red-fruit is overwhelmed by drying, cedary oak tannins. The firm tannins interact with fresh red-fruit which gives notes of dried cranberry & redcurrant which combine on a long fine finish. The alcohol adds warmth & roundness to the mid-palate & the finish." - 10/23 DCAMW
Robert Parker The Wine Advocate
The 2019 La Mission Haut-Brion unwinds in the glass with aromas of inky berry fruit, wild plums and cherries mingled with notions of warm spices, burning embers and creamy new oak. Full-bodied, deep and layered, it's rich and concentrated, with a deep core of fruit, bright acids and fine, powdery tannins. Powerful and tightly wound, this is less sumptuous and demonstrative out of the gates than its sibling Haut-Brion, but I suspect it possesses even greater potential. - Reviewed by: William Kelley
