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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

93-95 Every year, this estate turns in a wine which closely rivals the neighboring Haut-Brion. This year, the rivalry is just as intense. This has sweet, ripe, beautiful fruit, delicious acidity already. But wait for the tannins to kick in.

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Château La Mission Haut-Brion Bordeaux-style Red Blend - 2003

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

95-97 Barrel sample. A muscular wine, with well-defined tannins. The acidity is high, hiding the power and richness of the fruit behind. Then dark tannins come through, with other ripe fruits, finishing with a mineral character.

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Château La Mission Haut-Brion Bordeaux-style Red Blend - 2008

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

94—96 Barrel sample. A smooth rich wine, with delicious, opulent soft fruit. Spice and tobacco along with acidity and great freshness. It is dense and concentrated, but like velvet.

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Château La Mission Haut-Brion Bordeaux-style Red Blend - 2006

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

As so often, La Mission is rich, voluptuous, opulent and always a wine that seduces when it is young. But watch for those firm tannins, pure black plum and chocolate flavors, and wait for the dense texture to open up over the next 10 years—and more.

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Château La Mission Haut-Brion Bordeaux-style Red Blend - 2004

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

93-95 Barrel sample. A surprisingly gentle wine, almost delicate, with smooth flavors, a texture like deep velvet curtains and, dominating at the end, acidity.

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Château La Mission Haut-Brion Bordeaux-style Red Blend - 2005

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

A smooth, velvet textured wine, piled high with sweet, ripe flavors. There is fine, opulent concentration here, impressive density, and a solid, tannic core. While it is not as powerful as some vintages from this estate, it certainly suggests the ability to age 5–6 years and more.

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Château La Mission Haut-Brion Bordeaux-style Red Blend - 2007

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Sometimes it seems as if La Mission is as good as Haut-Brion - that was certainly the case in 2001. But in 2000, La Mission fitted more comfortably into its usual good neighbor slot. That is not to suggest it is not a great wine - the score indicates that. At the moment, it is closed, solid and chunky, but all the right hints are there, and it will develop slowly and in a sustained way over many years.

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Château La Mission Haut-Brion Bordeaux-style Red Blend - 2000

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

94-96 Barrel Sample A smooth rich wine, with delicious, opulent soft fruit. Spice and tobacco along with acidity and great freshness. It is dense and concentrated, but like velvet.

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Château La Mission Haut-Brion Bordeaux-style Red Blend - 2006

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

Wonderful sweet fruit, velvet in texture, with concentrated ripe fruits and red berries. This is a wine that rolls sumptuously around the mouth, the tannins certainly dense but full of the same sweetness as the fruit. The final flavor is perfumed and fresh. Deceptively attractive, it will profit from many years’ aging.

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Château La Mission Haut-Brion Bordeaux-style Red Blend - 2006

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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012

92–94 A supremely elegant wine, suave and sophisticated. The tannins are certainly ripe, but they are carefully poised and placed beside the fresh fruit.

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Château La Mission Haut-Brion Bordeaux-style Red Blend - 2004

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