Honeyed peach, minty herbs, and flowers all define the 2025 Château La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc, a brilliant white based on 64.5% Sauvignon Blanc and 35.5% Sémillon that's being raised in 30% new oak, which is slightly less than in past vintages. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, it's incredibly pure and focused, with juicy acidity and a great finish. It's an absolutely stunning wine that pretty much stopped me in my tracks. Drink 2026-2050.

(95-97+ points) (Pessac-Léognan; 64.5% Sémillon; 35.5% Sauvignon Blanc; a final yield of 23 hl/ha; pH 3.2; 14.5% alcohol; tasted at La Mission Haut-Brion). The freshest of these and the one with the most tension and uplift from the palate. Incredibly taut and almost electrically charged in its zingy, sapid raciness. Eucalyptus, rosemary, lemon thyme, verbena, gooseberry and greengage, a little tomato leaf too and white stone fruits. This is wonderfully ample with incredibly fine cystalline layers of pure citrus-inflected fruit juice. Built almost like a fine red, and indeed with just a trace of tannin on the finish. Colossal in frame, but with all the freshness to carry that off. 95-97+

Honeysuckle, lemon grass, white peaches, green apples, and pineapples explode from the glass. The palate is packed with waves of bright, fresh, vibrant, sweet, yellow fruits, with the perfect accent of bitterness, salt, and sweetness in the finish. The wine is made from a blend of 64.5% Semillon, and 35.5% Sauvignon Blanc, picking took place August 14-August 21. Yields were 22 hectoliters per hectare. 14.5% ABV, 3.2 pH. Drink from 2028-2045. Read more at:https://www.thewinecellarinsider.com/search-wine-tasting-notes/?szSearch=2025%20brion

(95-97 points) The La Mission Haut-Brion 2025 Blanc, a blend of 64.5% Sémillon and 35.5% Sauvignon Blanc, was vinified in barrels and bottled from April 13. It reveals a pure, crystalline bouquet that is both fresh and lightly exotic, with notes of ripe white fruits, jasmine, linden and verbena. Medium- to full-bodied, dense and enveloping, it’s layered yet vibrant and built around a fleshy core of fruit, supported by bright acidity and elegant tension. Ethereal and finely detailed, it is remarkable in its ability to retain freshness despite the warmth of the vintage. This is one of the most complete expressions of the wine in recent years, combining both density and brightness, and among the finest white wines produced in Bordeaux this year.

(95-97 points) The 2025 La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc has a really lovely Sémillon- driven bouquet (64.5% of the blend), beautifully defined with touches of apple blossom, white flowers and pear drop. The palate is very well balanced, with fine acidity, taut and fresh, a little more weight than the Haut-Brion Blanc thanks to the Sémillon, with a touch of ginger and chamomile towards the finish. This is a great La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc, perchance the best dry white Bordeaux in 2025. - By Neal Martin on May 2026

Both baked and freshly picked apple scents on the nose with clementine, lemon blossom, a touch of apple pie, cinnamon and some soft vanilla notes – smells glorious. Bright and sharp with real energy, focus and zing from the start, such a juicy citrus mid–palate before slightly lengthening and straightening out with a bitter pineapple and stony edge. I love the energy here, focused and racy with clear definition from start to finish. Ageing will add a bit more weight but this is very good, extremely precise and poised with plenty of fruit and lift. Lovely. Pineapple tang. 3.2pH. A yield of 23hl/ha.

(93-96 points) Fine and classic nose of sauvignon blanc and gooseberries. The wine has a fine, fruity, crunchy structure with hints of fresh green apples and sweet pears. It is all supported by a nice and elegant layer of spicy tannins. It was bottled in April 2026 and would benefit from a few years of cellaring.

The 2025 La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc rockets out of the glass with intense scents of fresh pineapple and green mango, giving way to nuances of lemongrass, wet pebbles, and honeysuckle with a waft of coriander seed. The full-bodied palate delivers electric tension with vibrant tropical fruit and citrus layers and a long, chalky finish. The blend is 35.5% Sauvignon Blanc and 64.5% Sémillon. The alcohol is 14.5%. This was aged in French oak barrels (31% new). This was tasted as a bottled wine.

This is Sémillon dominant in its character, preserved citrus, white flowers, lemon, great tension and grip, climbs up through the palate, huge waves of secondary flavours and aromatics, savoury and thoroughly charming. Harvest August 14 to 21. 31% new oak, 23hl/ha yield. 3.22ph. Grégoire Bucaille vineyard manager.