2018 chateau la mission haut-brion, blanc, pessac-leognan
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Why We're Buying
There are only five first growth wines in Bordeaux. Only one of them produces wine from Pessac-Léognan. The historic appellation serves as the modern-day benchmark for Bordeaux blends and reinforces what makes Château Laville Haut-Brion Cru Classé Pessac-Leognan a colossus in the industry. According to Wine-Searcher.com, this gem ranks as the second highest-priced white wine in the region. It also garnered the elusive three-star rating from Le Guide Hachette des Vins in 2018.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The La Mission Haut-Brion 2018 Blanc is a blend of 57.4 Sauvignon Blanc and 42.6 Sémillon. It sashays out of the glass with gregarious notes of white peaches, fresh pears and pineapple with nuances of lime blossoms, crushed rocks and sea spray, plus a waft of beeswax. The racy, medium to full-bodied palate is charged with energy, delivering vibrant citrus and tropical fruit layers with a satiny texture and fantastic length. Completely exceeding my barrel tasting expectations, this promises to be an earlier drinking style, albeit multilayered, dripping with class and, yes, it's downright sexy. Give it just a few more months in bottle and then it should offer decadent drinking for the next 15+ years.