Château La Mission Haut-Brion
Graves Red Bordeaux Blend
Graves, Bordeaux, France
There’s a bit of TCA on this but you can taste through it. Great fruit underlying. Can’t really give a view on this but still a tasty wine
There’s a bit of TCA on this but you can taste through it. Great fruit underlying. Can’t really give a view on this but still a tasty wine
Dec 3rd, 2023Deep fruit. Some herbal notes. Tar, roses, stinky but soooo pure. Enchanting. Wow. Delicious.
Deep fruit. Some herbal notes. Tar, roses, stinky but soooo pure. Enchanting. Wow. Delicious.
Jun 11th, 2022Plush and rounded plum. Gorgeous silky mouthfeel. Great
Plush and rounded plum. Gorgeous silky mouthfeel. Great
Jun 11th, 2022clean and intense. Deep fruit. Very good
clean and intense. Deep fruit. Very good
May 25th, 2022
Amazing wine for a 1966 @Bill Bender - hope you enjoyed brother
Amazing wine for a 1966 @Bill Bender - hope you enjoyed brother
May 17th, 2022
OK. Spicey. A bit broad and ponderous. Good not spectacular.
OK. Spicey. A bit broad and ponderous. Good not spectacular.
Aug 17th, 2021No formal notes. Round, opulent, pure and sweet. Amazingly fresh. Nimble.
No formal notes. Round, opulent, pure and sweet. Amazingly fresh. Nimble.
Aug 17th, 2021
Tasted blind. Dark red color. Fruit-forward nose with notes of black currants, violets, herbs, pipe tobacco, minerals and gravel and soil. Some menthol comes on later, as does a little brett thing (but only slightly). Rich and massive in the mouth. Flamboyant and powerful. Seems like it's fortified, as it really packs a wallop. Pretty awesome to put this up side by side with the 61 HB and compare. Both are all time greats, with the 61 HB a little better tonight given the slight bretty note that hangs around in the La Mish. (M's 60th bday 10th of 14)
Tasted blind. Dark red color. Fruit-forward nose with notes of black currants, violets, herbs, pipe tobacco, minerals and gravel and soil. Some menthol comes on later, as does a little brett thing (but only slightly). Rich and massive in the mouth. Flamboyant and powerful. Seems like it's fortified, as it really packs a wallop. Pretty awesome to put this up side by side with the 61 HB and compare. Both are all time greats, with the 61 HB a little better tonight given the slight bretty note that hangs around in the La Mish. (M's 60th bday 10th of 14)
May 23rd, 2021A classic la mission stunning aromatics of cassis, road tar , Tobacco still youthful with some in resolved tannins . This wine will last another 25 years easy . A great classic Bordeaux
A classic la mission stunning aromatics of cassis, road tar , Tobacco still youthful with some in resolved tannins . This wine will last another 25 years easy . A great classic Bordeaux
Nov 3rd, 2019
Just when you thought the oldest wine of the night was the 38' FKA Schmitt Pettenthal TBA, this pops up. Again I'll let SC describe the wine again:
Chateau La Mission Haut Brion 1923 was the oldest wine of the pre-auction dinner. Still so fresh with a lovely complex attack, a bit hollow [on the] mid-palate that shows an average vintage, and a long finish with a surprisingly good tannic structure. Stunning!
To add to this, I'd like to say WeinArt did an amazing job sourcing and cellaring this impeccable bottle. Kudos to them!
Just when you thought the oldest wine of the night was the 38' FKA Schmitt Pettenthal TBA, this pops up. Again I'll let SC describe the wine again:
Chateau La Mission Haut Brion 1923 was the oldest wine of the pre-auction dinner. Still so fresh with a lovely complex attack, a bit hollow [on the] mid-palate that shows an average vintage, and a long finish with a surprisingly good tannic structure. Stunning!
To add to this, I'd like to say WeinArt did an amazing job sourcing and cellaring this impeccable bottle. Kudos to them!