100 Wa / 100 Wci / 99 JS / 98 Jd / 98 De / 98 Ws / 98 Fs / 97 Vm / 18 Jr. #30 James Suckling Top 100 Wines of France 2021. The 2018 Haut-Brion is composed of 49.4% Merlot, 38.7% Cabernet Sauvignon…

This is a powerful wine, made to age for a long time, from this estate which is performing in top gear. Complex tannins and dark fruits both make their presence.

Pessac-leognan - Chateau La Mission Haut-brion 2009 available at Wine Wise in Greenwich, CT

97 De / 96 We / 95 Rp / 95 Wa / 95 Ws / 94+ Vm / 19 Jr. Colour still tight and inky at 10 years old. Smooth, silky, very expressive; this is so powerful it almost lulls you into a false sense of…

98-99 JS / 97 Wci / 96 Rp / 17 Jr. I love the lemon-lime, mineral and lilac character to this young white. It says great Montrachet but it's dry white Bordeaux. Full and super minerally and racy.…

(100 points) Both La Mission-Haut-Brion and Haut-Brion hit home runs in this vintage, which did not produce as many profound wines as the Bordeaux publicity machine suggested. 1989, the 200th…

(100 points) The mineral-laced 2005 Haut Brion (56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc) is exquisite. With its elegance and finesse, it is not as powerful as La Mission, but the…

(100 points) "As for the 2010 Haut-Brion, it does not have the power of Latour's 2010 or the intense lead pencil shavings and chocolaty component of Lafite-Rothschild, but it is extraordinary,…