Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan, France 2018 Aux Origines There's plenty of character here

There's plenty of character here

A serious nose

000 bottles were filled in July 2018

openly fruity and soft chalk bouquet with some lovely dashes of lemon juice and notes of flint stones

This blend of parcels from the communes of Chacé and Varrains is only made in the best vintages

Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan, France 2018 Aux Origines There's plenty of character hereAlthough it emerges from a similar terroir and the same winemaking team, the 2018 Chteau La Mission Haut Brion is a dramatically different wine than the Haut Brion and has a more concentrated, dense, powerful style that is all potential at this point. Dense purple hued, with lots of crme de cassis, black cherries, smoked meats, lead pencil, graphite, and crushed stone aromatics, it hits the palate with full bodied richness, a concentrated mid palate,