Haut Brion/Mission Dinner

Tasted Tuesday, November 27, 2018 by G_H with 214 views

Flight 1 (2 Notes)

  • 1974 Château Laville Haut-Brion Blanc 96 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    In a vintage that was horrible for reds and we never tasted any dry whites we had low expectations- oh boy were we in for a treat. Maybe this was like 1992 where dry whites are amazing while reds are abysmal.

    Beeswax, tangerine, exotic fruit, pink grapefruit, still incredibly young (!) phenomenal mouthfeel, great acidity. Just stunning!

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  • 1982 Château Haut-Brion Blanc

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    This must have been an off bottle, good structure underneath but unable to rate

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Flight 4 (2 Notes)

  • 1967 Château d'Yquem 96 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

    Slightly less stellar bottle than the first one I had, still a stunning wine. Chocolate, dried fruits, candied sugar (but less than the first bottle) candied orange peel, saffron, incredibly long.

    The crazy thing is: We had it next to the „Seehof Provokation 2008“ (which I seem to be the only one to review here on Cellartracker) but - while you really shouldn’t compare wines that are so different - was the clearly preferred wine by the whole group!

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  • 2008 Weingut Seehof Huxelrebe TBA Provokation 97 Points

    Germany, Rheinhessen

    Another amazing bottle, peaches, lemon, rich, massive, opulent! Great stuff!

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