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98 Wine Spectator
A huge, powerful, Port-like wine. So thick you can cut it with a fork. Black-red colored; lemon, lime, ripe raisin, vanilla and coffee aromas; full-bodied, with massive, thick fruit, plenty of tannins and a super-long finish. Drink now, but age for decades.--La Mission-Haut-Brion vertical. ?JS
98 Wine Spectator
A huge, powerful, Port-like wine. So thick you can cut it with a fork. Black-red colored; lemon, lime, ripe raisin, vanilla and coffee aromas; full-bodied, with massive, thick fruit, plenty of tannins and a super-long finish. Drink now, but age for decades.--La Mission-Haut-Brion vertical. ?JS
93 Robert Parker
This wine has not been tasted since 1991.
93 Robert Parker
This wine has not been tasted since 1991.
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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.