2011 La Mission Haut Brion La Chapelle de la Mission Haut Brion

Bordeaux Blend - 750ML
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REVIEWS

WS 93 WE 92 JS 91 WA 88
WS 93

Wine Spectator, April 2012

Tight with hints of mesquite and tar showing good racy tobacco leaf and cassis notes. Tasted non-blind. -J.M.
WE 92

Wine Enthusiast, April 2012

While certainly powered by tannins this wine does have a rich fruity character as well. The finish brings juicy flavors that cut right through the tannins. -R.V.
JS 91

jamessuckling.com, April 2012

A firm and fruity wine with plums and minerals and chocolate. Full and chewy yet polished and fine. Fresh finish. A little lean and rigid. 68.7% Merlot 11.6% Cabernet Franc and 29% Cabernet Sauvignon.
WA 88

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, April 2014

The 2011 La Chapelle de La Mission reveals abundant quantities of round, generous, black cherry and black currant fruit intermixed with hints of gravel and earth, sweet tannin, decent but unobtrusive acidity, and a nicely...

WINE DETAILS

Color & Type Red
Varietal Bordeaux Blend
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Sub-region Pessac Leognan
Vintage 2011
Size 750ML

Created by the noble Lestonnac family in the early years of the 16th century, the vineyard of Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion owes its name and its reputation to a missionary order commonly known as the Lazarites, who held the property from 1682 until the French Revolution.

The property is situated just opposite that of Chateau Haut-Brion, in the Pessac-Leognan appellation of the Northern Graves region. The vineyard covers an area of 29 hectares of which 26.60 hectares are planted with 42.7% Merlot, 47% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 10.3% Cabernet Franc with an annual production of 6,000 to 7,000 cases. Over 3 hectares are devoted to white grape varieties (Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc).

In 1983, the Dillon family, already owners of Chateau Haut-Brion, added Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion to Domaine Clarence Dillon’s holdings. The new owners immediately set to work on an ambitious renovation program for the property, giving La Mission a new lease on life.

In the space of twenty-five years, the Dillon family, having fallen under the spell of this enchanting estate, successfully completed their impressive makeover of Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion so that for many years to come , it might continue to offer wine connoisseurs the world over a little glimpse of paradise in each bottle.