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2016 Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion Cru Classe, Pessac-Leognan
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OverachieverClassifications schmassifications. This wine overachieves relative to its class.
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Top VintageBehold! One of the finest vintages of this wine ever made.
61.1% of Vinovest WinesWhy We're Buying
When the 1855 Bordeaux Classification was released, Château Haut-Brion was the only estate selection from Pessac-Léognan. Poor choice. Time proved that decision short-sighted. With 11 perfect scores to its name, including five from Robert Parker, Château La Mission Haut-Brion is widely considered equal to Haut-Brion and other first growth estates. Case in point: 2016 Château La Mission Haut-Brion. The blend of 57.5 merlot and 42.5 cabernet sauvignon leads with unflinching intensity. The deep crimson-purple body unfurls a tidal wave of black currants, black cherries, cocoa, violets, cedar, tobacco, graphite, and spice. Polished tannins contribute to a refined texture with stunning mid-palate presence and a lifted finish. Wine critic Neal Martin even compared the 2016 vintage to the mythic 1955 and 1989. The Final Sip: When it comes to purity and power, few wines of the vintage can match 2016 Château La Mission Haut-Brion.
Critics Scores
Wine Enthusiast
As so often with this estate, this is a generous, opulent wine. This year a strong tannic element gives the wine a good structure. Smoky, textured and powerful, it needs many years to mature. Do not drink this wine before 2026
James Suckling
Regal wine, showing alluringly ripe and dark plums, that carries a wealth of complexity in its DNA - fine spices, leaves, graphite, violets and more. The palate has very precise drive and super focused style and delivers authoritative tannins that are arranged in linear fashion. Power with elegance. Try from 2024.
Decanter
This is a wonderful wine, it’s absolutely precise, finely wrought and gorgeously balanced between richness and elegance, with notes of damson, black cherry, slate and rosemary. Silky soft tannins highlight the concentration of the fruit and the grilled oak notes that are La Mission’s signature, with a fresh core that stretches out the palate. A low pH gives tension through the palate, and is highly seductive. No Cabernet Franc this year
Wine Spectator
This is super vivid, offering cassis, blackberry, raspberry and blueberry compote flavors that bristle with energy while a mouthwatering frame of anise and apple wood adds electric energy. This is borderline rambunctious but it's bridled well enough and when the fruit and wood sides mesh fully, this will be a rock star. Best from 2025 through 2040.
Jeb Dunnuck
The 2016 La Mission Haut-Brion checks in as a Merlot-heavy blend, 57.5 Merlot and 42.5 Cabernet Sauvignon. About as pure and seamless (yet sexy) as they come in the vintage, it offers awesome notes of dried flowers, sweet currants, cedarwood, forest floor, and exotic spices. With a flawless texture, medium to full body, and ultra-fine tannins, this beauty builds incrementally on the palate with terrific mid-palate depth and a stunning finish. It’s sexier and more charming compared to the more backward Haut Brion, yet I suspect it will age just as long.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2016 La Mission Haut-Brion is a blend of 57.5 Merlot and 42.5 Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep garnet-purple in color, it is just a little muted to begin, soon unfurling to reveal slowly growing scents of crushed blackcurrants, black cherries, dark chocolate and candied violets with nuances of crushed rocks, tobacco leaf, forest floor and fragrant earth plus a hint of bergamot. Medium-bodied and exquisitely elegant, the palate offers perfectly ripe, fine-grained tannins and tons of freshness with layer upon layer of perfumed fruit and a very long, ferrous-laced finish.