Chateau La Mission Haut Brion - Pessac-Léognan 2018 4df5d4d9d819b397555d03cedf085f48

Vinous

96-98 / 100

byNeal Martinthe11/15/2019

The 2018 La Mission Haut-Brion was picked from 10 September to 2 October at 44hL/ha. It has a perfumed and wonderfully delineated bouquet with blackberry, briary, pressed violets and graphite aromas, perhaps even more precise than the Haut-Brion at this stage. The palate is medium-bodied with silky smooth tannins. This is almost clinical in terms of precision, symmetrical, with a powerful, almost Burgundian finish that reveals amazing persistence. This is a fabulous La Mission Haut-Brion and a contender for one of the wines of the vintage.

WeinWisser

19,5 / 20

the5/7/2019

Vinous

90-93 / 100

byAntonio Gallonithe5/3/2019

The 2018 La Mission Haut-Brion is bright and punchy, with lovely radiant fruit and a good deal of immediacy. Sweet red and purplish berry fruit, mint, tobacco, blood orange and wild flowers all grace this expressive, open-knit La Mission. It will be interesting to see what develops with élevage. Today, La Mission is decidedly expressive, and yet its typical layers of nuance are not yet especially in evidence. In 2018, La Mission is 53.5% Merlot, 42.9% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3.6% Cabernet Franc.

Bettane & Desseauve

96 / 100

by Bettane & Desseauvethe5/3/2019

Très beau milieu de bouche par la chair et le velouté, long, déjà fumé, harmonieux, plus accessible que haut-brion, un peu moins complet.

Vinifera

94-96 /

byJacques Perrinthe5/1/2019

Robe soutenue. Il exhale des notes finement épicées sur fond de petits fruits. Corps à l'attaque charnue, évasée. Très beau volume de bouche sans sensation de lourdeur. La trame est fine, réglissée, assez serrée. Elle accompagne le vin sur une finale déjà très ouverte.

La Revue du Vin de France

18,5-19,5 / 20

the4/24/2019

The Wine Cellar Insider

97-99 / 100

byJeff Levethe4/23/2019

Take all the power La Mission Haut Brion is capable of harnessing, add the elegance, freshness, purity and layers of complexity that come at you in waves and you have an idea of what to expect in your glass. There is purity of the fruit with a natural smoke, tobacco leaf and burning ember profile in every sip. And the finish, it kept going long after the wine left my glass. Made from 57.5% Merlot and 42.5% and reaching 14.4% alcohol with a pH of 3.76, the harvest took place September 19-October 14. The Grand Vin represents 53% of the harvest.

Wine Advocate

98-100 / 100

byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe4/23/2019

The 2018 La Mission Haut-Brion is composed of 53.5% Merlot, 42.9% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3.6% Cabernet Franc, harvested September 10 to October 2. Deep purple-black in color, it slowly unfurls to reveal a beguiling nose of earth and soft-spoken fruit, opening with wild blueberries, wet slate, pencil lead and fresh black cherries giving way to a serious core of blackcurrant cordial, baked plums and wild sage, and then exposing delicate wafts of rose hip tea and candied violets. Full-bodied, the palate is very tightly wound and super intense with amazing restraint and energy focused around very firm, exquisitely fine-grained tannins and seamless freshness, finishing incredibly long and fantastically multilayered. Extraordinary wine.

Wine Enthusiast

95-97 / 100

byRoger Vossthe4/17/2019

While the wine is certainly structured, it has all the finesse and elegance that is associated with this estate. Beautiful berry flavors are packed with acidity but supported by generous tannins. This is impressive and obviously will age well.

Jamessuckling.com

97-98 / 100

byJames Sucklingthe4/12/2019

A tight and linear red with fantastic oyster-shell, iodine and crushed-stone character, complementing the currants and blackberries. Extremely long and fresh.

Jean-Marc QUARIN

94 / 100

byJean-Marc Quarinthe4/8/2019