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La Mission Haut-Brion 2006 150cl

Grand Cru Classé | Graves, Pessac-Léognan | Bordeaux | France
CHF 702.65
Critics scores
95 Robert Parker
The 2006 La Mission Haut-Brion is showing very well at age 15, and even though it's still five or six years away from the beginning of its plateau of maturity, it is already quite expressive, wafting from the glass with aromas of blackberries and blackcurrants mingled with notions of smoke, cigar wrapper, black truffle and loamy soil. Full-bodied, fleshy and muscular, with a richly layered core of fruit framed by an abundance of ripe, powdery tannin, in a blind tasting I suspect many would confuse it with a 2005.
95 Wine Spectator
Almost jammy, with vanilla bean and coffee undertones. Full-bodied and very powerful, with big, juicy tannins and a long finish. Very big and generous for the vintage, showing exceptional quality. Best after 2015. 6,000 cases made. -JS
18 Rene Gabriel
60 % Merlot, 40 % Cabernet Sauvignon. 43 hl./ha. 66'000 Flaschen. Recht dunkles Granat mit violetten und purpur Reflexen. Nobles, fein rauchiges Bouquet, viel Lakritze, Brombeeren und Brombeerenstauden, schwarze Hölzer, wirkt kühl, zeigt aber einen doch fast ausgereiften Cabernet. Im Gaumen viel Saft bietend, das lässt ihn am Anfang als etwas leicht erscheinen, im Innern eine recht ungestüme Säure mit sanft metallischer Verbindung zeigend, dieselbe kapselige Note, wies schon der Chapelle (Zweitwein) auf, trotz seiner ersten Spontaneität wirkt der Wein so reserviert, in sich eher hart und pelzig in der Textur. Dieser Mission wirkt momentan eher vordergründig ein, ziemlich bourgeois und wird wohl nie so richtig Charme erlangen, will für Kenner heissen, ein typischer Mission im eher artisanalen Stil, erinnert an seinen eigenen 86er. 10: Zeigte sich b ei einem Lunch auf Misson sehr veschlossen und wies eine massive Toskana-Affinität auf. Pflaumenmus, Kakao, viel Fleisch, braucht noch mindestens 10 Jahre. warten (2019 - 2045)
92 Vinous
Bright red-ruby. Redcurrant, cherry, iron, brown spices and licorice on the nose. Begins lush, full and generous if not overly sweet, then tightens up with air, showing its rather powerful underlying structure. This sharply delineated wine will need a good seven or eight years in bottle to reveal itself.
Producer
Château La Mission Haut Brion
Similarly owned by the Dillon family, Château La Mission Haut-Brion is certainly the second best producer in the Pessac-Léognan appellation, after its neighbor and Graves greatest producer, Château Haut-Brion. With a history beginning in the early 16th century, La Mission Haut-Brion now justly rivals its sister winery in more than just select vintages, the estate has actually been raised to a comparable First Growth rank in 2009. While the Pessac-Léognan Cru Classé’s La Tour Haut-Brion, used to be La Mission’s second wine, it is now a separately owned brand, however still managed by the Dillon family. The 29-hectare property is planted primarily to the production of their first-rate reds. Their La Mission Haut-Brion is the flagship wine, it is exemplary of their house style - rich, barrel-fermented, dense, and powerful. The château also produces La Chapelle de La Mission Haut-Brion, a second wine that is riper but nonetheless arousing.