2014 Château La Mission Haut-Brion Ex-Château
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The 2014 La Mission Haut-Brion offers bright and vivid scents that immediately captivate the olfactory scenes: black fruit, cedar, pencil box and light, minty aromas. It's much better than its First Growth neighbor. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, very harmonious, and has lovely depth with a gentle grip. This is a sophisticated and entrancing 2014, one of my favorites in Bordeaux. Highly recommended. Tasted blind at the Southwold 10-Year-On tasting.
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Tasted blind. Deep garnet. Seductive fruit and sweet oaky spice. A hint of mocha. Chewy, deep, youthful. Balanced yet needs more time for its full panoply of flavours. Really mouth-watering and long. Intensity without heaviness. (JH)
This is a briliant vintage for both wines of the Haut-Brion stable at the time, I remember them standing out during En Primeur, and wow this is still delivering, right up there at the top of the lineup. Fleshy and finessed, measured, gourmet, grilled raspberry and red cherry, edges of sweeter damson, even creme de cassis, with tobacco, slate, saffran and turmeric adding layers to sink into. Great length and is full of fragrance. Knockout. Jean-Philippe Delmas estate director, Jean-Philippe Masclef technical director.
54% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 1% Cabernet Franc . Edgy, almost charry, with great density and delivery. No hurry at all to drink this wine that builds most impressively towards the finish. (JR)