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RARE LARGE FORMATS LA MISSION HAUT BRION OF THE FABULOUS 1945 AND 1947 VINTAGES
Lying in Twickenham, Middlesex (EHD)
Château La Mission-Haut-Brion--Vintage 1945
Pessac (Graves), cru classé
Recorked in 1978. Nicolas labels. Levels into neck. Lot 559 has a short capsule
Tasting note: The 1945 La Mission is certainly a great wine with fabulous concentration, but also a leathery, tough, hard texture. It is very powerful, broodingly rich and opaque, but the tannin is extremely elevated and one wonders what is going to fall away first, the fruit or the tannin? This wine still has the potential to last for another 20-25 years, and therein lies much of the mystique of this vintage. Robert Parker. Wine Advocate #95. Oct 1994
1 magnum per lot
Lying in Twickenham, Middlesex (EHD)
Château La Mission-Haut-Brion--Vintage 1945
Pessac (Graves), cru classé
Recorked in 1978. Nicolas labels. Levels into neck. Lot 559 has a short capsule
Tasting note: The 1945 La Mission is certainly a great wine with fabulous concentration, but also a leathery, tough, hard texture. It is very powerful, broodingly rich and opaque, but the tannin is extremely elevated and one wonders what is going to fall away first, the fruit or the tannin? This wine still has the potential to last for another 20-25 years, and therein lies much of the mystique of this vintage. Robert Parker. Wine Advocate #95. Oct 1994
1 magnum per lot
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