La Mission Haut Brion 2002 Château La Mission Haut Brion
- Producer Château La Mission Haut Brion
- Color Red
- Appellation Pessac-Léognan
- Wine region Graves
- Region Bordeaux
- Country France
Wine description
Complex, full-bodied and rich… Château La Mission Haut-Brion red wine, over the years, has risen to the ranks of Premiers Grands Crus Classés (Classified First Growth vintages). Château La Mission Haut-Brion is made with 47% Cabernet Sauvignon, 43% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc, the blend changes according to the vintage, butthis red wine always keeps its great charisma. An enchanting wine of great intensity, its complexity and the characteristic signature of its terroir (with notes of cigar, chocolate, roasting, cedar wood) are its most seductive attributes. Round and generous on the palate, without a hint of aggression, it lengthens into silky tannins, so noticeable you will melt under its charm when you taste it.
Tasting Notes
Wine of great intensity, complex and with the signature of its terroir. On the nose it has notes of cigar, chocolate, roasting, cedar wood. On the palate is round and generous, without a hint of aggression, it lengthens into silky tannins.
Vinification
The wine is vinified in large, 180 hectoliter, temperature controlled, stainless steel vats. The blending takes place shortly after the malolactic fermentation is finished and before the aging process in barrel has started.
Ageing
Aged in 100% new French oak for an average of 22 months.