1999 Ch La Mission Haut Brion Cru Classé Pessac-Léognan - 12x75cl
0699MISS _ 1999 - Ch La Mission Haut Brion Cru Classé Pessac-Léognan - 12x75cl
  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château La Mission Haut-Brion
  • Region Pessac-Léognan
  • Drinking 2006 - 2020
  • Case size 12x75cl
  • Available Now

1999 - Ch La Mission Haut Brion Cru Classé Pessac-Léognan - 12x75cl

  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château La Mission Haut-Brion
  • Region Pessac-Léognan
  • Drinking 2006 - 2020
  • Case size 12x75cl
  • Available Now
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Case price: £3,038.47 Duty Paid inc VAT
Equivalent Bottle Price: £253.20 Duty Paid inc VAT

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Case price: £3,038.47 Duty Paid inc VAT
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  • Goedhuis, March 2000

    Jean-Bernard is responsible for Ch La Mission Haut Brion and this years offering is very impressive. It is a very big wine which will need to be laid down for at least 10 years.

  • Robert Parker, April 2002, Score: 91

    The medium to full-bodied 1999 La Mission Haut Brion is beautifully complex, with notes of cherry liqueur, plums, cigar smoke, fresh tobacco, and scorched earth. This deep, elegant, yet precise wine is cut from the same mold as the 1962, 1971, 1983, and 1985. Though not a heavyweight, it is gorgeously complex, supple, and both hedonistic and intellectual. Anticipated maturity: 2003-2018.

  • Robert Parker, April 2001, Score: 89-91

    Elegant, smoky, black currant and blueberry-like aromas reveal complexity, finesse, and purity. On the palate, the wine is harmonious, medium-bodied, concentrated, and stylish. Anticipated maturity: 2003-2020.

  • Robert Parker, April 2000, Score: 91

    A blend of 50% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 20% Cabernet Franc, this is a multi-textured, thick, juicy, dense purple-colored 1999 with generous amounts of La Mission's chocolatey, scorched earth, black fruit character. Medium to full-bodied, with low acidity, this sexy, opulent, stunning effort will drink well for 14-15 years. Drink: 2000 - 2015.

  • Clive Coates, April 2003, Score: 18.5

    Very full colour. Very lovely classy concentrated fruit on the nose. Lots of depth. Full body. Very good tannins. Excellent grip. Very elegant, concentrated fruit. Splendid harmony. This has realdepth. Very long and complex. Very lovely. Very fine. Drink: 2010 - 2025

Producer

Château La Mission Haut-Brion

Owned by the Dillon family since 1983, La Mission Haut Brion is without doubt one of the mostexceptional wines of Bordeaux. Across the road from Haut Brion, it regularly competes with its moreillustrious older sibling and has even outperformed Haut Brion in certain vintages, such as 2006 when Wine Spectator suggests that it "could be the wine of the vintage".

Region

Pessac-Léognan

Stretching from the rather unglamorous southern suburbs of Bordeaux, for 50 km along the left bank of the river Garonne, lies Graves. Named for its gravelly soil, a relic of Ice Age glaciers, this is the birthplace of claret, despatched from the Middle Ages onwards from the nearby quayside to England in vast quantities. It can feel as though Bordeaux is just about red wines, but some sensational white wines are produced in this area from a blend of sauvignon blanc, Semillon and, occasionally, muscadelle grapes, often fermented and aged in barrel. In particular, Domaine de Chevalier is renowned for its superbly complex whites, which continue to develop in bottle over decades. A premium appellation, Pessac-Leognan, was created in 1987 for the most prestigious terroirs within Graves. These are soils with exceptional drainage, made up of gravel terraces built up in layers over many millennia, and consequently thrive in mediocre vintages but are less likely to perform well in hotter years. These wines were appraised and graded in their own classification system in 1953 and updated in 1959, but, like the 1855 classification system, this should be regarded with caution and the wines must absolutely be assessed on their own current merits.

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