Mission Haut Brion 2017

Pessac-Leognan, Grand Cru Classé

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Tasting Notes
The 2017 La Mission Haut-Brion is a wine of total finesse and class. Pliant and expressive, the 2017 is beautifully layered from start to finish. Bright red cherry, plum, mocha, pomegranate and blood orange all add to an impression of grace and freshness. This is one of the most refined, understated recent vintages of La Mission I can remember tasting. Score: 92 - 95 Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com 01 May 2018
The 2017 La Mission Haut-Brion was picked from 4 to 29 September and matured in 68% new oak with 14.1° alcohol. It has a more broody bouquet than previous years: dark berry fruit, brown spices, warm gravel and later, a touch of orange rind. This can sometimes be sultry out of barrel and the 2017 falls into that category. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannin. This La Mission Haut-Brion is built around a wonderful structure and symmetry. It feels precise with a detailed, saline finish that lingers in the mouth. I can see Jean-Philippe Delmas’s comparison with the 2001 though I find the tannins finer in the 2017. Superb. Score: 93 - 95 Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2023-2050 01 May 2018
The 2017 La Mission Haut-Brion, blended of 56% Merlot, 39.6% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4.4% Cabernet Franc, is very deep garnet-purple in color and scented of crushed blackcurrants, blackberries and chocolate-covered cherries with suggestions of cigar box, bay leaves, Indian spices and dusty soil. Medium to full-bodied with very firm, grainy tannins and a racy backbone supporting the taut, muscular fruit, it has bags of mineral and earthy suggestions layering the very long finish. Score: 95 - 97 Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 27 April 2018
Deep cassis colour. Gorgeous restraint of fine dusty dark fruit. Definite graphite/mineral aroma undergirded by fragrant cassis and a light herbaceous note. Delicious pure black fruit, super-fine texture, the tannins fine and supple. Juicy even with its serious elegance. Succulent, long and precisely balanced. Persistent, too. Intensity without weight. All waiting in the wings. On second tasting, the oak shows a little more on the finish but it is in place, not dominating. Score: 18 Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2027-2042 25 April 2018
The Grand Vin 2017 La Mission de Haut Brion checks in as 56% Merlot, 39.6% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Cabernet Franc. It’s a deep ruby/purple-colored 2017 that has a beautifully sweet bouquet of cassis, black cherries, graphite, and tobacco. With medium to full-bodied richness, a rounded, sexy texture, sweet tannin, and terrific finesse and elegance, it’s much more upfront and approachable than its Haut Brion sibling and will be drinkable at an earlier age. Score: 93 - 95 Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com 23 April 2018
This is a very tight and focused young La Mission with a pretty center palate of dark fruit and flavors of oyster shell and hints of fresh tobacco. Serious and precise on the finish. 56% merlot, 40% cabernet sauvignon and 4% cabernet franc. Score: 95 - 96 James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com 06 April 2018
The 2017 La Mission Haut-Brion grand vin is a 56 percent Merlot, 40 Cabernet Sauvignon, 4 Cabernet Franc blend representing 51 percent of the crop. It's youthfully tight with a strong apple wood frame around raspberry, plum and cherry pâte de fruit flavors. It shows racy graphite and a strong tar edge through the finish, where it really tightens up—typical, as this and its sibling are always among the most backward wines during the en primeur season. But there's really good energy here throughout. Score: - James Molesworth, Wine Spectator 04 April 2018
The aromatics here are incredible, and there is the most gorgeous density of black brambly fruit on display. It's graceful but intense, and utterly delicious . It doesn't have the same intensity through the palate as the wonderful 2016, but it really does stand out in the vintage as being extremely good quality. It's going to take its time to come round, so settle in for the long haul. 51% of overall crop. 3.86pH. Score: 96 Jane Anson, Decanter.com Maturity: 2026-2042 01 April 2018

Tasting Notes

The 2017 La Mission Haut-Brion is a wine of total finesse and class. Pliant and expressive, the 2017 is beautifully layered from start to finish. Bright red cherry, plum, mocha, pomegranate and blood orange all add to an impression of grace and freshness. This is one of the most refined, understated recent vintages of La Mission I can remember tasting.

Score: 92 - 95

Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com 01 May 2018

The 2017 La Mission Haut-Brion was picked from 4 to 29 September and matured in 68% new oak with 14.1° alcohol. It has a more broody bouquet than previous years: dark berry fruit, brown spices, warm gravel and later, a touch of orange rind. This can sometimes be sultry out of barrel and the 2017 falls into that category. The palate is medium-bodied with very fine tannin. This La Mission Haut-Brion is built around a wonderful structure and symmetry. It feels precise with a detailed, saline finish that lingers in the mouth. I can see Jean-Philippe Delmas’s comparison with the 2001 though I find the tannins finer in the 2017. Superb.

Score: 93 - 95

Neal Martin, Vinous.com Maturity: 2023-2050 01 May 2018

The 2017 La Mission Haut-Brion, blended of 56% Merlot, 39.6% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4.4% Cabernet Franc, is very deep garnet-purple in color and scented of crushed blackcurrants, blackberries and chocolate-covered cherries with suggestions of cigar box, bay leaves, Indian spices and dusty soil. Medium to full-bodied with very firm, grainy tannins and a racy backbone supporting the taut, muscular fruit, it has bags of mineral and earthy suggestions layering the very long finish.

Score: 95 - 97

Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 27 April 2018

Deep cassis colour. Gorgeous restraint of fine dusty dark fruit. Definite graphite/mineral aroma undergirded by fragrant cassis and a light herbaceous note. Delicious pure black fruit, super-fine texture, the tannins fine and supple. Juicy even with its serious elegance. Succulent, long and precisely balanced. Persistent, too. Intensity without weight. All waiting in the wings. On second tasting, the oak shows a little more on the finish but it is in place, not dominating.

Score: 18

Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com Maturity: 2027-2042 25 April 2018

The Grand Vin 2017 La Mission de Haut Brion checks in as 56% Merlot, 39.6% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Cabernet Franc. It’s a deep ruby/purple-colored 2017 that has a beautifully sweet bouquet of cassis, black cherries, graphite, and tobacco. With medium to full-bodied richness, a rounded, sexy texture, sweet tannin, and terrific finesse and elegance, it’s much more upfront and approachable than its Haut Brion sibling and will be drinkable at an earlier age.

Score: 93 - 95

Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com 23 April 2018

This is a very tight and focused young La Mission with a pretty center palate of dark fruit and flavors of oyster shell and hints of fresh tobacco. Serious and precise on the finish. 56% merlot, 40% cabernet sauvignon and 4% cabernet franc.

Score: 95 - 96

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com 06 April 2018

The 2017 La Mission Haut-Brion grand vin is a 56 percent Merlot, 40 Cabernet Sauvignon, 4 Cabernet Franc blend representing 51 percent of the crop. It's youthfully tight with a strong apple wood frame around raspberry, plum and cherry pâte de fruit flavors. It shows racy graphite and a strong tar edge through the finish, where it really tightens up—typical, as this and its sibling are always among the most backward wines during the en primeur season. But there's really good energy here throughout.

Score: -

James Molesworth, Wine Spectator 04 April 2018

The aromatics here are incredible, and there is the most gorgeous density of black brambly fruit on display. It's graceful but intense, and utterly delicious . It doesn't have the same intensity through the palate as the wonderful 2016, but it really does stand out in the vintage as being extremely good quality. It's going to take its time to come round, so settle in for the long haul. 51% of overall crop. 3.86pH.

Score: 96

Jane Anson, Decanter.com Maturity: 2026-2042 01 April 2018

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