Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc, Pessac-Leognan, France 2017 Winkel The effusive grapefruit and peachy

The effusive grapefruit and peachy nose

000 bottles and 8

A full-bodied

cinnamon and some toasty notes

Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc, Pessac-Leognan, France 2017 Winkel The effusive grapefruit and peachyFor me this is the wine of the vintage. Both of the whites in the Haut Brion stable are exceptionally well sculpted and finessed, but this has the aromatic edge. It has a powerful, intense concentration of flavours, hemmed in by slate walls that make you slow down and inch your way through the palate and I am more than happy to go as slow as possible. The cool nights over the summer have been very kind to these grapes; they are in full control, with