2024, Chapelle de la Mission Haut Brion, PESSAC-LÉOGNAN, RougeBordeaux Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc. This is the second wine of La Mission Haut Brion and it usually contains all the fruit from the Tour Haut Brion vineyard. In 2024 Chapelle is 56. 3% cabernet sauvignon, 29. 2% merlot and 14. 5% cabernet franc. A very juicy wine with solid, fine grained tannins. Red plums and cherries with touches of cedar, minerals and graphite. Fine tannins on the medium bodied palate. Firm, succulent and

97+ Lisa Perrotti-Brown

Full-bodied with lovely freshness and depth

It is quite complex

each variety is vinified separately in concrete and wooden tanks using only natural yeasts

it has a super clean and dry finish

is very promising

and exquisite length

Try after 2025

yet built around finesse

with a fine long finish

it boasts a dense purple colour as well as an extraordinarily flamboyant bouquet of black fruits

then a rather earthier dark fruit and a few tannins behind