Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan, France 2018 Aux Origines This blend of parcels from

This blend of parcels from the communes of Chacé and Varrains is only made in the best vintages

A serious nose

it's another tour de force from the incredibly talented Jean-Luc Thunevin

openly fruity and soft chalk bouquet with some lovely dashes of lemon juice and notes of flint stones

Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan, France 2018 Aux Origines This blend of parcels fromAlthough it emerges from a similar terroir and the same winemaking team, the 2018 Chteau La Mission Haut Brion is a dramatically different wine than the Haut Brion and has a more concentrated, dense, powerful style that is all potential at this point. Dense purple hued, with lots of crme de cassis, black cherries, smoked meats, lead pencil, graphite, and crushed stone aromatics, it hits the palate with full bodied richness, a concentrated mid palate,