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2016 Château La Mission Haut-Brion, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux
- Red
- Dry
- Full Bodied
- Merlot (57.5%), Cabernet Sauvignon (42.5%)
Not ready
(Drink 2030 - 2076)
- Jancis Robinson MW
- 17/20
- James Suckling
- 96-97/100
- Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW
- 98+/100
- Jane Anson MW
- 98/100
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Description
Merlot 57.5%, Cabernet Sauvignon 42.5%.
Dark ruby, this wine has pleasing notes of mocha, blackcurrant, and wood smoke. On the palate, it is very good, impressing with its textural feel. Swirling it around your mouth, you pick up a gravelly, smoky note and some lovely dark fruit. Powerful, it has a bold richness, yet despite all the concentration and density, it feels restrained. It's like a Rolls-Royce coasting down the Champs Élysée.
Berry Bros. & Rudd
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2016
Alcohol % 14%
Maturity Not ready
(2030 - 2076)
Grape List Merlot (57.5%), Cabernet Sauvignon (42.5%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château La Mission-Haut-Brion
Critics reviews
Jancis Robinson MW 17/20
Sumptuous first-growth suavity on the nose. Sinews and dry finish but a little austere. Just slightly muscular. Dry but not drying finish. Drink 2023-2033.
James Suckling 96-97/100
The texture to this is very beautiful with chewy yet very polished tannins. Full-bodied, tight and mouth-filling. Starts very slowly and then takes off. Love the energy in this.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW 98+/100
The 2016 La Mission Haut-Brion is a blend of 57.5% Merlot and 42.5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep garnet-purple in color, it is just a little muted to begin, soon unfurling to reveal slowly growing scents of crushed blackcurrants, black cherries, dark chocolate and candied violets with nuances of crushed rocks, tobacco leaf, forest floor and fragrant earth plus a hint of bergamot. Medium-bodied and exquisitely elegant, the palate offers perfectly ripe, fine-grained tannins and tons of freshness with layer upon layer of perfumed fruit and a very long, ferrous-laced finish.
Jane Anson MW 98/100
Wonderful La Mission this year, graceful but with an unmistakable sense of controlled power. The wine just expands outwards and upwards in your mouth - insistent but terribly polite about it. It is deep and silky, shot through with coffee grounds, damson and soft cassis on a creamy mid-palate, utterly beautiful. There is a real energy and vitality here, with a caressing texture to the tannins and huge persistency on the finish. Dense, and yet so finessed that you could almost drink it today. Wow. The blend is 57.5% Merlot and 42.5% Cabernet Sauvignon with a pH of 3.66, harvested between 19th September and 14th October. Drinking Window 2027 - 2050.
About this wine
Pessac-Léognan
In 1986 a new communal district was created within Graves, based on the districts of Pessac and Léognan. Pessac-Léognan has the best soils of the region, very similar to those of the Médoc, although the depth of gravel is more variable, and contains all the classed growths of the region. Some of its great names, including Ch. Haut-Brion, even sit serenely and resolutely in Bordeaux's southern urban sprawl.
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