2008 Château La Mission Haut-Brion

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  4/13/2024 - PLLU Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Medium garnet appearance
  Medium intensity with aromas of fresh and dried black currant, blackberries, black plums leather, cedar, dried spices, meaty and a touch of earthy.
  The wine is dry with medium + acidity , medium integrated and dried tannins, medium alcohol, medium + body. The intensity is medium + and the finish is long. It opened really good in the glass although decanted for 30 min. Very good quality. Maybe the flavor intensity was a bit lower than expected. Highly complex. Can drink now and for a long time

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  10/20/2023 - kjærhus wrote:

  Meget ung og skal bruge lang tid i karaffel

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  5/19/2023 - LTTC wrote:

  (SYP) PNP. Small glass
  A nose of vanilla, spice, blackcurrants and a touch of wild bushes, with an intense core of tobacco. Rather soft and savoury on the palate, pales in comparison with '98 Lafite. 90+

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  3/13/2023 - Vinum Deorum wrote: 92 Points

  A nice Mission, while not a major one. It is still fresh and has a nice tension, with aromas of ripe fruits, hints of cigar box, a bit earthy too. Moderate length, slightly angular tanins. Pretty good, but to be honest I was expecting a little more balance and complexity.

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  11/23/2022 - Cailles wrote: 85 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: This felt very disjointed and very extracted. Underneath there was lots of dark fruit, ripe but not too ripe, some earthy aromas high freshness, a bit drying tannins and not a good balance. Tasting and scoring it blind, I was surprised to see the Mission label. I went back to check for obvious faults but didn’t find them, hence I sticked with the 85pts, despite a high likelihood of this not being a representative bottle. Anyway, 2008 doesn’t seem to be a winning vintage for Pessac wines.

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