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1989 Château La Mission Haut Brion

Light capsule condition issue

Removed from a subterranean, temperature and humidity controlled residential cellar; Purchased at auction

Light capsule condition issue; light label condition issue

Removed from a subterranean, temperature and humidity controlled residential cellar; Purchased at auction

Light capsule condition issue

Removed from a subterranean, temperature and humidity controlled residential cellar; Purchased at auction

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RATINGS

100Robert M. Parker Jr.

...explosive aromatics offer up notes of licorice, creme de cassis, blueberry liqueur, smoky barbecue meats, truffles and graphite. Full-bodied with extraordinary opulence as well as sweet, well-integrated, velvety tannins, this fresh...

100Wine Spectator

Blockbuster. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a long, long finish. Still closed, but so opulent and beautiful. Raspberry aftertaste. Lasts for minutes. I underrated this years ago.

97Stephen Tanzer

Knockout nose combines tobacco, warm stones, minerals, menthol and burning woodsmoke. Wonderfully dense, silky and sweet...

18.5Jancis Robinson

... A chocolate mint of a wine.

REGION

France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

Pessac-Léognan was created in 1987 from the northern part of the left bank Graves appellation. Before then it was simply part of Graves, or sometimes it was called Haut-Graves. Unlike many other Bordeaux appellations, Pessac-Léognan is known for both red and dry white wines, although its reds are more famous. The appellation includes ten communes and the area’s most important châteaux, including Château Haut-Brion, the only non-Médoc estate included in the 1855 Bordeaux classification. There are 2,964 acres of vineyards in Pessac-Léognan and 16 classified growth estates. The main red grapes grown are Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, along with a small amount of Cabernet Franc. White grapes grown are Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon, with a little Muscadelle. Pessac-Léognan is considered to have the best terroir of the greater Graves region.