2011 La Mission Haut Brion
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Tasting notes
Lovely sweet blue fruit nose the very concentrated mid-palate is full of damson fruit and it has a gorgeous inner perfume. The melting tannin punctuates the pure cocoa infected finish. FINE+RARE
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Jeannie Cho Lee MW
James Suckling
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The 2011 La Mission Haut-Brion is well defined and very focused on the nose: blackberry, briary and graphite, quite mineral-driven with an impressive sense of energy. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, good tension, quite precise with attractive black pepper and graphite notes, poised and showing good breeding on the finish. This is excellent. Tasted blind at the annual 10-Year-On tasting.
Tasted blind. Smudgy crimson. Very light nose. Lots of freshness and delicacy before the tannins kick in. Quite edgy and fragile. Drying finish. (JR)
The 2011 La Mission Haut-Brion has a fragrant, perfumed, Margaux-like nose, beautifully defined and revealing hints of cassis and blueberry – a feminine, alluring, very pure bouquet designed to seduce, which it does. The palate is medium-bodied with fine, silky-smooth tannins and near-perfect acidity. The new oak comes on a little strong toward the finish, but it will fully integrate with time. A gorgeous wine in the context of the vintage.
About the producer
Ch. la Mission Haut-Brion – sister estate of Ch. Haut-Brion and part of the Clarence Dillon stable – is one of the greatest estates in all of Bordeaux. Based in Pessac-Léognan but not officially classified, it produces outstanding red and white wines.