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La Mission Haut Brion Blanc 2016
HED64174
75 cl
14%
£554.00
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Following up from the immense 2015 release, the 2016 La Mission-Haut-Brion Blanc is somewhat less flamboyant but no less impressive. It unusually contains more Sauvignon Blanc (62.7%) with a lesser proportion of Semillon (37.3%) and exhibits subtle, but delicious, notes of mandarin, grapefruit, peach and crushed rock minerality. It is vibrant and layered, with a fine thread of acidity and a long, lingering finish.
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The 2016 La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc has improved on the nose since en primeur, offering gently unfolding white peach, red apple, chalk and light yellow flower aromas. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity, taut and linear and a little wavier than its Haut Brion Blanc counterpart, leaving a touch of lemongrass on the aftertaste. A refined, cerebral proposition that will age like those great Lavilles of the past. Neal Martin1st January 2019
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Château La Mission Haut-Brion is one of the preeminent estates in the Pessac-Léognan appellation and is renowned for producing exceptionally concentrated and long-lived wines. The prestigious first label, La Mission Haut-Brion, is a near equal blend of Cabernet and Merlot, giving wonderfully focused wines with bramble and floral character. This illustrious estate also produces a stellar second label, La Chapelle de la Mission Haut-Brion.
Two beautiful whites are made: La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc, which is a aromatic, Sémillon-dominant blend with beautiful citrus and stone fruit, and a second white, La Clarté de Haut Brion (which also takes grapes from the Château Haut-Brion estate).