2021 Château La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux
- White
- Dry
- Full Bodied
- Sémillon (55%), Sauvignon Blanc (45%)
- James Lawther MW
- 17++/20
- William Kelley
- 93-95/100
- James Suckling
- 95-96/100
- Neal Martin
- 95-97/100
- Jane Anson MW
- 96/100
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Description
Sémillon 55%, Sauvignon Blanc 45%
This is a wine of great density, more textural than the Haut-Brion Blanc. The wine feels more chiselled; the balance seems to lie in its minerality. The fruit components are rich and exotic, with ripe pineapple and sweet citrus to the fore. But these play second fiddle to the visceral expressions of wet stone, iodine and oyster. In some ways this is a more positive wine than the Haut-Brion Blanc. It perhaps does not aim for its sibling’s swirling complexities, but it is no less compelling. Drink 2025-2045.
Our score: 18.5/20
Berry Bros. & Rudd, April 2022
Critics reviews
Brisk and precise but more restrained than the Haut-Brion. Long, linear and racy on the palate. Great persistence. Structured for the long haul so will need some patience.
Drink 2026 - 2038
Aromas of crisp orchard fruit, grapefruit oil, white flowers, pastry cream and freshly baked bread preface the 2021 La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc, a medium to full-bodied, ample and incisive wine that's satiny and chiseled, concluding with a long, mineral finish.
Peach and waxed-lemon character here. Some fennel and aniseed, too. Very fresh. Medium to full body with a round, creamy palate. A little closed for now at the end. 55.2% semillon and 44.8% sauvignon.
The 2021 La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc has a much more nuanced bouquet than the Haut-Brion Blanc this year with scents of Japanese yuzu, crushed stone, apple blossom and a touch of elderflower. The palate is very well balanced with a fine line of acidity, taut and fresh, vibrant and focused. This is more linear than the Haut-Brion and stricter, yet the precision on the finish is a wonder to behold. Fabulous.
Drink 2027 - 2060.
This is fleshy and thrilling, with white apricot, slate, gunsmoke and mandarin zest. Good structure also, pretty closed right now, with touches of reduction and a juicy mouthwatering finish. Lower Sémillon than usual, meaning lees stirring to fill out the flesh in the mid palate. Higher alcohol in this white than in the reds, very unusual.
Drink 2024 - 2038
About this wine
Pessac-Léognan
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