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Château La Mission-Haut-Brion--Vintage 1959
Pessac (Graves), cru classé
Bin-soiled labels. Level just below top-shoulder
Tasting Note : Initially restrained but perfectly evolved by the early 1990s. Very sweet, tobacco-like Graves flavour and a perfect elliptical shape. More recently, more intense than the Château Haut-Brion, tinged with cherry red; more scented too, 'earthy', 'cheese rind', 'singed tobacco', 'pebbly', its crispy fruit opening up richly; more astringent than the Haut-Brion, crisper fruit, more aggressive, with excellent tannin and acidity. June 2000 ***** M.B.
1 bottle per lot
Pessac (Graves), cru classé
Bin-soiled labels. Level just below top-shoulder
Tasting Note : Initially restrained but perfectly evolved by the early 1990s. Very sweet, tobacco-like Graves flavour and a perfect elliptical shape. More recently, more intense than the Château Haut-Brion, tinged with cherry red; more scented too, 'earthy', 'cheese rind', 'singed tobacco', 'pebbly', its crispy fruit opening up richly; more astringent than the Haut-Brion, crisper fruit, more aggressive, with excellent tannin and acidity. June 2000 ***** M.B.
1 bottle per lot