La Mission Haut Brion with Jean-Philippe Delmas

Vaucluse Townhouse, New York
Tasted Tuesday, February 5, 2019 by nywine68 with 367 views

Introduction

A phenomenal line-up from one of my favorite estates in Bordeaux and all of wine worldwide.

Flight 1 (2 Notes)

Flight 2 (3 Notes)

Flight 3 (4 Notes)

  • 2000 Château La Mission Haut-Brion 95 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Still very tight and dense. This needs another 5-10 years+. Dark plums, eucalyptus and black olives. Great potential.

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  • 1998 Château La Mission Haut-Brion 95 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    This was drinking beautifully tonight. Really fragrant dark fruit. Very fine tannins. Hard to put down.

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  • 1990 Château La Mission Haut-Brion 99 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    A perennial favorite of mine, and this was a crowd pleaser tonight. I had originally scored this 100 points until I was confronted with the 1961 which took perfection to a new level! The 1990 has a spectacular nose of saddle leather and smoke. Layers of complexity go on and on on the ultra-long finish. This is impeccably balanced.

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  • 1989 Château La Mission Haut-Brion 98 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Another spectacular wine. As in previous head-to-head match-ups, I gave the slight edge to the 1990 but these are two incredible wines. The 1989 is slightly less exuberant with a little less body. Tannins had melted away. Lots of smoke and leather.

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Flight 4 (4 Notes)

Flight 5 (3 Notes)

  • 1982 Château La Mission Haut-Brion 97 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Very nice aristocratic structure. Layers of gorgeous complex dark fruit. Cigar box and leather. Very special. This had the "misfortune" of being tasted next to the 1961 which made it difficult to give the 82 the full attention it deserved.

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  • 1975 Château La Mission Haut-Brion Flawed

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    One of two bottles was flawed as it was very non-expressive and dull. A sniff and tiny sip from the better bottle showed the great potential of this wine.

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  • 1961 Château La Mission Haut-Brion 100 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Spectacular!!! 100++. My new "desert island" wine. The fruit is still so alive at 58 years of age, it's incredible. The wine feels light, yet has incredible depth of fruit with awesome layers of nuance and complexity. The finish just keeps going and going. Smoke, red fruit, sweet rhubarb, and leather.

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Flight 6 (1 Note)

  • 2015 Château La Mission Haut-Brion 95 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Served at the end of the night as a "surprise" ending. The switch from 1961 to 2015 was rather jolting but this young fruit bomb clearly has lots of potential. The fruit is incredibly dark and sweet. A big nose and firm tannins. This will undoubtedly age for decades and take on more nuance and complexity with time.

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