Descripción

Larga guarda y una añada espectacular en un vino de leyenda, que ha alcanzado siete veces los 100 puntos Parker. Con un registro más denso y opulento que su vecino Haut Brion, La Mission Haut Brion es un vino mítico, altamente apreciado por los más conocedores. Notas ahumadas típicas de su terroir y una elegancia extrema son sus señas de identidad en cada añada. Codiciado entre coleccionistas, la añada 2000 por ejemplo se cotiza en unos 6.000 en el mercado. Neil Martin (The Wine Advocate) tras su cata en barricas el pasado abril de 2017 le otorgó un rango de puntuación de 98 - 100 puntos Parker. ¿Será la octava añada en alcanzar la cima? 

Ficha técnica

La bodega
Château La Mission Haut-Brion
Tipo
Tinto
Añada
2016
Grado
13.5% vol.
Origen
Pessac-Léognan

Cata

Consumo
Recomendado entre 2026 y 2070.

Opinión de los críticos

The Wine Advocate:

"The 2016 La Mission Haut Brion is a blend of 57.5% Merlot and 42.5% Cabernet Sauvignon picked between 19 September and 14 October, one of the longest ever. "We had to be patient and wait for each plot," Jean-Philippe Delmas told me. "It took longer than usual." As is customary, I allowed my sample, and likewise all the wines poured at this tasting, around 40-45 minutes to open since they always transform in the glass. It has a clean and precise, quite understated bouquet with fine mineralité, cold stone aromas infusing the black fruit. This has incredible precision, perhaps even more pixelated than the "gaff over the road" Haut-Brion. The palate is medium-bodied with supple and lithe tannin. I appreciate the line of acidity here, the smoothness and harmony that takes your breath away. Every atom is infused with life-affirming freshness. It is a wine bridled with incredible focus and delineation. I thought that the 2015 La Mission Haut-Brion flirted with perfection. The 2016 has that extra edge, a "je ne sais quoi" that leaves you reaching for the thesaurus looking for superlatives."

James Suckling:

"The purity in this wine is really mindblowing. So perfect. Licorice. Stone. Blackberry, blueberry. Full body. The power is amazing. But then it finishes etheral and so agile and beautiful. I am lost for words. This will rank with the best ever from here including 1975 and 1929. 58% merlot, 35% cabernet sauvignon, and cabernet franc."