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2020 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
“Another sensational wine.” Those are the opening words from wine critic Jeb Dunnuck’s review of 2020 Château La Mission Haut-Brion. Call us biased, but we agree. The blend of 48.6 merlot, 43.2 cabernet sauvignon, and 8.2 cabernet franc retains the intensity of previous vintages while sporting a slightly cooler and focused style. Those fortunate enough to secure one of the 6,000 or so cases of 2020 Château La Mission Haut-Brion should exercise patience. (Yoga mats are not required.) The refined bouquet evolves with time in the glass, unfurling notes of strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, violets, orange peel, dark chocolate, and cardamom. The Bordeaux blend hits the palate like a tidal wave, with the fresh fruit engulfing every corner of the mouth. Add in ultra-fine tannins and opulent textures, and you have what Lisa Perrotti-Brown hailed as “a stunning expression of this vintage!” The Final Sip: 2020 Château La Mission Haut-Brion showcases the estate’s signature while capturing the coolness of the vintage.
Critics Scores
James Suckling
This really builds on the palate. Loads of blackberry and iodine with asphalt undertones. It’s full-bodied with tannins that steamroll at the end and keep going. Classic blend.
Jeb Dunnuck
Another sensational wine, the 2020 Château La Mission Haut-Brion boasts a deep ruby/purple color to go with a rocking perfume of ripe black cherries, tobacco, damp earth, chocolate, and exotic spices. Rich, medium to full-bodied, and concentrated, it has a ripe, expansive texture, building tannins, and just an opulent texture. The vintage doesn't get any sexier than this beauty.
Vinous
The 2020 La Mission Haut-Brion was picked September 7–29. It has a very intense and beautifully defined bouquet of blackberry, wild strawberry, wilted violet petals and hints of orange blossom. It unfolded with aeration as I examined it side-by-side against its neighbor over the course of an hour. The exquisitely balanced palate is lightly spiced on the entry and segues into a very structured midpalate that frames the weight of pixelated black fruit. That spicy theme continues and is exaggerated toward a finish that fans out wonderfully. This is a less alcoholic La Mission Haut-Brion compared to recent vintages, a bit "cooler" and streamlined, yet no less intense and satisfying. An enthralling wine in the making from Jean-Philippe Delmas and his team.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Composed of 48.6 Merlot, 43.2 Cabernet Sauvignon and 8.2 Cabernet Franc, harvested from 7th to 29th September, the 2020 La Mission Haut-Brion has an alcohol of 14.7. It needs considerable swirling and coaxing to reveal slowly emerging scents of freshly crushed blackcurrants, Morello cherries, wild blueberries and forest floor, leading to suggestions of violets, baker's chocolate and cardamom with wafts of dusty soil and oolong tea. The medium to full-bodied palate bursts with impactful, fresh red, black and blue fruit layers, supported by impressive freshness and fantastically ripe, fine-grained tannins, finishing very long and fragrant. A stunning expression of this vintage!
Decanter
A kick of black fruit and confident spice right from the first nose, this is an intense and concentrated La Mission, tightly in control, not letting up from beginning to end. The pencil lead and bitter dark chocolate is layered in between the cassis notes in a way that makes you see the Cabernet influence although this is majority Merlot (once again - this is a character of the year, low yields of Cabernet mean Merlot is more featured in the blend than usual; but the intensity of the Cabernets mean that it still has an outsized influence on flavour profile). Grilled coffee beans overtake on the close of play, this is seductive and switches beautifully between the tannins pressing in on the palate and the juice expanding things outwards. This is the wine to go for in the Domaines Clarence Dillon stable this year.