2005 Chateau La Mission Haut Brion Pessac Leognan

Once a rival of adjacent Haut-Brion, La Mission has actually shared ownership with its neighbor since 1983. While just a narrow suburban street divides the two properties, La Mission's wines, maintain their distinctive wilder identity: more powerful and more tannic, often displaying a meaty, truffley character with extended time in bottle. The newly constructed new tasting room and cellars here, which opened in 2007, are quite impressive. There's a high-quality second wine here too, La Chapelle de La Mission Haut-Brion.

Once a rival of adjacent Haut-Brion, La Mission has actually shared ownership with its neighbor since 1983. While just a narrow suburban street divides the two properties, La Mission's wines, maintain their distinctive wilder identity: more powerful and more tannic, often displayi... more