Wine / Red

Pessac Leognan - Chateau La Mission Haut Brion Rouge 2020

"The 2020 La Mission Haut‑Brion is a brilliant effort that exhibits a level of balance and integration that are impressive in such a powerful young Bordeaux. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of dark berries and plums mingled with burning embers, pencil shavings, violets and smoked black tea, it's full‑bodied, deep and concentrated, with a layered, elegantly muscular profile, its brooding core of fruit framed by a generous endowment of powdery tannin that tempers the ripeness of the vintage. Checking in at 14.7% alcohol, it's nonetheless more classically styled than the more flamboyant 2019 vintage or even the slowly maturing 2010 which I re‑tasted alongside for context. Drink Date: 2035 ‑ 2065." 100 pts, Wine Advocate