Château La Mission Haut-Brion 2012 (RP:96)

Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion wine is definitely bewitching. It possesses a great intensity that will delight you with its complexity (a mixture if red fruits) and the signature of its terroir in its empyreumatic notes (Havana cigars, chocolates, roasting, cedar wood and so on). On the palate, the wine is spherical and generous without a trace of aggressiveness. It lengthens on silky tannins, making this wine so obvious that the taster succumbs to its charm.

Appellation:
AOC Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux

Type:
Red/Rouge (Still)

Grape Varieties:
(2012)38% Cabernet Sauvignon, 62% Merlot

Tasting Notes:
(2012)
The 2012 La Mission Haut-Brion showed brilliantly. It has an intense, floral bouquet with rose petals and strawberry preserve, hints of sous-bois and tobacco gently unfolding in the glass, gaining more earthiness as it aerates in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, broad and spicy with hints of bell pepper suggesting high quality Cabernet Franc. It fans out gloriously with a sustained tertiary finish that completes what is a wondrous La Mission Haut-Brion from Jean-Philippe Delmas and his team.