Château La Mission Haut Brion Cru classé Graves 2020

Flaschenbewertung (April 2023):
"The 2020 La Mission Haut-Brion is a brilliant effort that exhibits a level of balance and integration that are impressive in such a powerful young Bordeaux. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of dark berries and plums mingled with burning embers, pencil shavings, violets and smoked black tea, it's full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with a layered, elegantly muscular profile, its brooding core of fruit framed by a generous endowment of powdery tannin that tempers the ripeness of the vintage. Checking in at 14.7% alcohol, it's nonetheless more classically styled than the more flamboyant 2019 vintage or even the slowly maturing 2010 which I re-tasted alongside for context."
100/100 Punkte - Trinkreife: 2035 - 2065

"The 2020 La Mission Haut-Brion is a gorgeous, elegant wine. Silky and pliant, La Mission is all finesse. Fine tannins lend energy as the 2020 gradually opens with some coaxing. Today, the flavors are remarkably primary, and yet the 2020 is so persistent, so elegant. Hints of cedar, tobacco, gravel and dried herbs add aromatic complexity, but the 2020 is a mere infant. I can't wait to watch it grow up. There is a bit of new oak that needs to integrate, but nothing élevage can't take care of."
96-98/100 Punkte - Trinkreife: 2035 - 2060

"Composed of 48.6% Merlot, 43.2% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8.2% Cabernet Franc, harvested from 7th to 29th September, the 2020 La Mission Haut-Brion has an alcohol of 14.7%. It needs considerable swirling and coaxing to reveal slowly emerging scents of freshly crushed blackcurrants, Morello cherries, wild blueberries and forest floor, leading to suggestions of violets, baker's chocolate and cardamom with wafts of dusty soil and oolong tea. The medium to full-bodied palate bursts with impactful, fresh red, black and blue fruit layers, supported by impressive freshness and fantastically ripe, fine-grained tannins, finishing very long and fragrant. A stunning expression of this vintage!"
97-99/100 Punkte - Trinkreife: 2027-2065

"Dunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Mit Gewürznuancen wie Kardamom und Zimt unterlegte schwarze Beerenfrucht, ein Hauch von Lakritze und Cassis, feiner Nougat, Tabak, kandierte Orangenzesten. Stoffig, feine Fruchtsüße, reife Kirschen, elegant, frisch strukturiert, präsente, gut eingebundene Tannine, schokoladig, etwas Kakao im Nachhall, sehr gute Länge, sicheres Reifepotenzial."
95-97/100 Punkte

"This really builds on the palate. Loads of blackberry and iodine with asphalt undertones. It’s full-bodied with tannins that steamroll at the end and keep going. Classic blend."
97-98/100 Punkte

"Hervorragendes Bouquet, sowohl in seiner Intensität als auch in seiner Komplexität. Mineralische, fruchtige und blumige Noten durch Nuancen von Iris, Sauerkirschen. Am Gaumen ist der Wein energisch, lebendig und sogar salzig. Der Wein ist vollmundig und präzise, mit ausgezeichneter aromatischer Intensität und feinen, saftigen Tanninen. Der Abgang ist erfrischend, leicht minzig, angenehm fruchtig und unendlich lang!"
97-99/100 Punkte - Trinkreife: 2026