Château La Mission Haut-Brion 2001 (3 MAG)

Château La Mission Haut-Brion 2001

Talence (Pessac-Léognan), Grand Cru Classé

Levels into the neck, 1 label and back label wine-stained; otherwise labels and capsules nicked and scuffed

63% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc. A lovely complexity of red and black fruit on the nose, classic and yet spicily enticing. A beautiful clean, fine-grained taste of pure, tempting elegance together with violetty fruit. Liquid breed! A triumph and maybe a "sleeper", in the sense that it came after the 2000. A lovely "sweetness" at the end, with great charm and juiciness. In 2013, such crispness and attack. Very cigary. Serena Sutcliffe, MW WA 92

3 mags (cn)