Lot 258
CHÂTEAU LA MISSION HAUT-BRION 2020 (2) WA 100
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CHÂTEAU LA MISSION HAUT-BRION 2020
Pessac-Léognan. Grand Cru Classé
u. 2 x bn. 1 x marked label.
The 2020 La Mission Haut-Brion is a brilliant effort that exhibits a level of balance and integration that are impressive in such a powerful young Bordeaux. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of dark berries and plums mingled with burning embers, pencil shavings, violets and smoked black tea, it's full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with a layered, elegantly muscular profile, its brooding core of fruit framed by a generous endowment of powdery tannin that tempers the ripeness of the vintage. Checking in at 14.7% alcohol, it's nonetheless more classically styled than the more flamboyant 2019 vintage or even the slowly maturing 2010 which I re-tasted alongside for context. April 2023 Drink to 2065 WA 100