La Mission Haut-Brion

Specification

Producer

La Mission Haut-Brion

Region

Bordeaux

Where

Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux

Classification

Classified Growth of Graves

Grapes

Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc

Vintage

1990

Case

75cl

Held at

Wine Tunnels, London City Bond (in bond)

Code

MISHAU901X75

About this wine

The red La Mission Haut-Brion is rich and powerful, with dark fruit, the smoky, earthy notes typical of the Graves gravel, and a firm structure. It is slow to mature and great vintages last for decades.

About La Mission Haut-Brion

Château La Mission Haut-Brion lies in Pessac, on the edge of the city of Bordeaux, across the road from Château Haut-Brion. Named after the mission priests who owned it from the late seventeenth century, it has belonged to Domaine Clarence Dillon, the owners of Haut-Brion, since 1983.

It is a Classified Growth of Graves and is widely considered to make wines of First Growth quality, both red and white.