53% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Cabernet Franc.
"A tight and structured La Mission that takes you deep into the glass with super intensity and power. The tannins are omnipresent and envelop the palate. It’s full-bodied yet agile and complete. Iodine, sweet-tobacco and blackberry character. It seems never to finish. Another WOW wine that reminds me of some of the great classics of this estate, such as the 1955." - James Suckling
"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." - Robert Parker
"Fully knitted down but already showing its class, with a nuanced, complex mix of cassis, blackberry and black cherry fruits shot through with bitter orange peel, crushed stones and sage leaf. The most gorgeous juicy freshness runs through the muscular tannins, with the same violet flower freshness that was found in La Chapelle this year. Just so full of enticing campfire and gunsmoke on this finish, this is a wine that will go for years. Love it, one of my wines of the vintage. Bottled May. This is an upscore." - Jane Anson - Inside Bordeaux
"The 2019 La Mission Haut-Brion was picked from 11 September until 2 October at 52hl/ha. It is deep purple in colour. It has a very intense, what you might call quite 'serious' bouquet with blackberry, wild hedgerow, crushed iris petals and a light estuarine influence. It shows exquisite delineation and focus. The palate is stunning with intense black fruit laced with crushed stone, sea salt, black pepper and cedar, almost Pauillac in style. This La Mission is so pixelated with stupendous intensity. After four hours it closes up and appears cowed by the presence of the expressive Haut-Brion. Yet after 8 hours it is unquestionably showing greater structure and depth than the First Growth and, as such, despite its mercurial nature, I wager that ultimately this will become one of the wines of the vintage. Breathtaking." - Neal Martin
"Inky ruby in color, the wine blasts off with smoke, tar, hoisin sauce, oyster shell, thyme, black currants and plum aromas. The palate is full-bodied, powerful, rich, intense, mouth filling and long. The wine coats your palate, but there is nothing heavy about it. Everything is in balance, meshing power with precision, purity and depth with a finish of more than 60 seconds! This is one of the great vintages for LMHB! Created from a blend of 53% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon and 7% Cabernet Franc, reaching14.6% alcohol with a pH of 3.9.Picking took place September 11 through October 2. The Grand Vin was produced from 50% of the harvest." - Wine Cellar Insider
Das Chateau
La Mission Haut Brion ist eines der wenigen Weingüter mit einer nahezu ungebrochenen Historie hervorragender Weine. Heute sind die gut 20 Hektar im Besitz der Familie Dillon, die die Modernisierungsmaßnahmen ihrer Vorgänger weiter vorangetrieben hat. Zudem wurde der Anteil Merlot im Verschnitt auf 45 % angehoben und der Ausbau in komplett neuen Barriques zum Programm erklärt. Der Stil von La Mission Haut Brion zeichnet sich durch intensive Fülle, kräftigen Körper und viel Extrakt und Tannin aus.
Die Weine von Château La Mission Haut-Brion zeichnen sich durch eine enorme Alterungsfähigkeit aus. Wir würden sie so beschreiben: Eine Mischung aus Körperreichtum und intensiver Erdigkeit. Sie sind breitschultrig, dicht, komplex und verkörpern das Graves Terroir par excellence. Es liegt an Ihnen, ob Sie sich für die herausragenden Klassiker, die in der Ära Woltner produziert wurden, entscheiden, oder die deutlich mächtigeren Bordeaux Weine, mit denen Kellermeister Jean Delmas seit 1983 die Weinwelt beglückt.
