2010 Château La Mission Haut-Brion

Community Tasting Notes (24) Avg Score: 95.1 points

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  11/27/2022 - macmac007 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  My wealthy buddy broke this out as we watched an Arsenal game on the box for Saturday night – a red triumph on and off the field. Rich, silky, complex, and brimming with earthy black cherry. Very fine vino that slides down effortlessly. God, I could drink this with every home game quite happily.

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  11/23/2022 - Cailles wrote: 89 Points

  Ten Vintages Haut Bailly vs Mission HB: Preamble: All wines tasted blind in 10 vintage flights (1994-2015). To every flight one random third wine from Pessac Leognan added (2x Haut Brion, 2x Smith, 2x Pape Clement, 1x Branon, 1x Luchy Halde, 1x Carmes, 1x Chevalier). All wines opened a few hours before consumption but no decanting.
  
  Some findings:
  1) Haut Bailly outperformed Mission (5 vs 4 wins, 92.5 vs 90.5 average). 2) Haut Bailly is a rather structured wine which seems to shine bright in ripe and warm vintages, without any form of excess ripeness or extraction. 3) When done right (05/15), Mission eclipses Haut Bailly with its depth and delineation , but several vintages showed a bit too ripe but especially with the alcohol not well masked (09/10). 4) Pessac wines usually need quite some air to open up. In this setting (no decanting), most wines needed a lot of swirling to fully open up and will need more cellar time. 5) The best wines today were Haut Bailly 09 (96pts) & 10 (95pts) and Mission 05 & 15 (95pts).
  
  TN: Not as bad as the 2009 (rated 84pts) but the well-structured, fine wine with quite fresh fruit is overshadowed by lots of unintegrated oak and a with alcohol showing. It might be a phase or the bottle isn’t good enough but this bottle was a clear miss.

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  10/22/2022 - KenK Likes this wine: 98 Points

  NYWE 2022: After tasting well over 100 wines on this day including many wowzers like 2010 Haut Brion, 2002 Ridge Monte Bello, Masetto, Unico, etc. this impressed me the most. Aromatically beautiful with black cherry, wood spice, and earthy appeal. Dark fruited, spicy, and perfectly framed structure. Excellent texture and so well integrated. Shows sophistication and breed while being just plain delicious. Years to go and upside, but singing even now. Wow!

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  9/19/2021 - Nanda wrote: 93 Points

  96/10 side by side. Many of the same flavor markers as the 1996, just in a more primary and voluptuous package. So much delicious fruit makes for a fun early peek, but this will be far better in 15+ years after the wine integrates, sheds baby fat and lets the nuances shine. Upside from here.

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  12/16/2020 - Roidupif Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Bottle was OK but closed- Needs longer decanting

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