Château La Mission Haut Brion - Pessac-Léognan 2017 6b11bd6ba9341f0271941e7df664d056

Le Point

17,5 / 20

byJacques Dupontthe6/20/2018

Fruits noirs, mûre, nez pur, crémeux, beaucoup de charme, structure tannique présente bien enrobée, un peu plus de merlot côté Mission, frais, tanins serrés, équilibré, charmeur.

Jeb DUNNUCK

93-95 / 100

byJeb Dunnuckthe6/12/2018

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.

WeinWisser

18,5 / 20

byRené Gabrielthe5/31/2018

56 % Mer-lot, 39,6 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 4,4 % Caber­net Franc, Lese zwischen dem 4. und 29. September. Tiefes Granatrubin mit fun-kelnder Mitte. Was für ein toiles Parfüm, strahlend schôn, betiirende Brombeeren und Wildkirschen, dahinter würziges Cassis und schwarze Teenoten. Am delikaten Gaumen mit einer grandiosen Souplesse zum Nieder-knien. Ein katapultartiges, langanhaltendes Finale mit Holunder, dunklem Edelholz und Wacholder. Spürbare Adstringenz im lang-anhaltenden, facettenreichen Finale. Gross-artiges Powerpack.               
18.5/20 2025 — 2055

Vinifera

94 / 100

byJacques Perrinthe5/28/2018

Belle densité de fruit, légère chaleur, rééquilibrée par le caractère floral/épicé avec une touche minérale. Attaque serrée, milieu de bouche bien enrobé, sur les fruits rouges. La trame est ferme et précise et la finale centrée, longue.

Vinous

92-95 / 100

byAntonio Gallonithe5/15/2018

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.

matthewjukes.com

19 / 20

byMatthew Jukesthe5/13/2018

The Wine Cellar Insider

95-97 / 100

byJeff Levethe5/11/2018

Subterranean ruby in color, this wine opens with lilies and night blooming Jasmine, black plum, cassis, a puff of smoke and a stroke of oak. Full-bodied and energetic but not frenetic, there is freshness, ripeness, assertive tannins and a succulent black currant hit in the finish. The vintage will require over a decade of aging. Created from a blend of 56% Merlot, 39.6% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4.4% Cabernet Franc, the wine reached 14.1% alcohol with a pH of 3.86. The harvest took place September 4 through September 29 and represents 51% of the Grand Vin.

Vinous

93-95 / 100

byNeal Martinthe5/1/2018

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.

Wine Advocate

95-97 / 100

byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe4/27/2018

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.

Decanter.com

96 / 100

byJane Ansonthe4/25/2018

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.

Jancis Robinson

18 / 20

byJulia Harding MWthe4/23/2018

Succulent, long and precisely balanced

En Magnum

18 / 20

the4/18/2018

Un délicieux velouté de texture de merlots quasi parfaits. Un vin superbe !

Jean-Marc QUARIN

17,5 / 20

byJean-Marc Quarinthe4/17/2018

Wine Enthusiast

96-98 / 100

byRoger Vossthe4/17/2018

This is a generous, opulent wine with ripe blackberry and hints of spice notes sustained by rich tannins. Juicy and packed with tannins, this will be ready to drink young, but will also age over many years.

Jamessuckling.com

95-96 / 100

byJames Sucklingthe4/6/2018

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.