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1998 Chateau La Mission Haut Brion Pessac
Chateau La Mission Haut Brion
SKU 16206

1998 Chateau La Mission Haut Brion Pessac

$539.00 - $539.00
$539.00
$539.00 - $539.00
$539.00
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1998 Château La Mission Haut-Brion · Pessac-Léognan
Producer Château La Mission Haut-Brion
Vintage 1998
Region Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux
Blend Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc
Classification Cru Classé de Graves

Widely regarded as the wine of the 1998 vintage and among the finest La Mission has ever produced, this is a Pessac-Léognan benchmark — layers of blackberry, cassis, chocolate, graphite, and the estate's signature scorched earth and cigar box character. Full-bodied with superb purity and a finish that seems to go on forever. Considered one of the greatest vintages for the Right Bank and Graves in an otherwise uneven year.

98 Points
"A candidate for the wine of the vintage from this somewhat forgotten year, consumers should be seeking out wines from the Right Bank and Graves as 1998 was a great vintage in those appellations. La Mission’s 1998 exhibits a healthy, opaque blue/purple color with no lightening at the edge. Thirty minutes of aeration brings forth a sensational bouquet of chocolate, cedar, truffles, graphite, blackberries, cassis and incense. La Mission’s so-called scorched earth/charcoal/hot rocks characteristic has not yet appeared. Full-bodied with superb purity, a multilayered texture, sweet tannin, good acidity and a fabulously long finish, this great, young La Mission-Haut-Brion’s finest days are yet to come. Anticipated maturity: 2018-2040."
—Robert Parker-Wine Advocate
Appellation: Pessac
Vintage: 1998
Region: Bordeaux
Country: France
Bottle Size: 750ml
Producer: Chateau La Mission Haut Brion
Chateau La Mission Haut Brion

1998 Château La Mission Haut-Brion · Pessac-Léognan
Producer Château La Mission Haut-Brion
Vintage 1998
Region Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux
Blend Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc
Classification Cru Classé de Graves

Widely regarded as the wine of the 1998 vintage and among the finest La Mission has ever produced, this is a Pessac-Léognan benchmark — layers of blackberry, cassis, chocolate, graphite, and the estate's signature scorched earth and cigar box character. Full-bodied with superb purity and a finish that seems to go on forever. Considered one of the greatest vintages for the Right Bank and Graves in an otherwise uneven year.

98 Points
"A candidate for the wine of the vintage from this somewhat forgotten year, consumers should be seeking out wines from the Right Bank and Graves as 1998 was a great vintage in those appellations. La Mission’s 1998 exhibits a healthy, opaque blue/purple color with no lightening at the edge. Thirty minutes of aeration brings forth a sensational bouquet of chocolate, cedar, truffles, graphite, blackberries, cassis and incense. La Mission’s so-called scorched earth/charcoal/hot rocks characteristic has not yet appeared. Full-bodied with superb purity, a multilayered texture, sweet tannin, good acidity and a fabulously long finish, this great, young La Mission-Haut-Brion’s finest days are yet to come. Anticipated maturity: 2018-2040."
—Robert Parker-Wine Advocate
Appellation: Pessac
Vintage: 1998
Region: Bordeaux
Country: France
Bottle Size: 750ml
Producer: Chateau La Mission Haut Brion