1 dozen bottles per lot
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Château La Mission-Haut-Brion--Vintage 1955
Talence (Graves), cru classé
Levels: four bottom neck and eight very top shoulder; cut capsule Château and vintage branded corks, heavy bin soiled labels
"Tasted 13 times with consistent notes, Even allowing for the greatness of Haut-Brion and Mouton-Rothschild, the 1955 La Mission is the "wine of the vintage." It possesses a sweet, cedary, clove, smoke, and black-raspberry-scented nose, and rich, full-bodied, remarkably harmonious flavors that ooze with ripe fruit, glycerin, and heady alcohol. The tannin has totally melted away, and the wine reveals considerable rust at the edge, so it is unlikely that the 1955 will improve with further cellaring. There is no indication of any fragility or decline, so this wine can be safely drunk for 10-15 more years. It is an amazing, complex, superbly well-balanced La Mission-Haut-Brion!" Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #95 (Oct 1994)
1 dozen bottles per lot
Talence (Graves), cru classé
Levels: four bottom neck and eight very top shoulder; cut capsule Château and vintage branded corks, heavy bin soiled labels
"Tasted 13 times with consistent notes, Even allowing for the greatness of Haut-Brion and Mouton-Rothschild, the 1955 La Mission is the "wine of the vintage." It possesses a sweet, cedary, clove, smoke, and black-raspberry-scented nose, and rich, full-bodied, remarkably harmonious flavors that ooze with ripe fruit, glycerin, and heady alcohol. The tannin has totally melted away, and the wine reveals considerable rust at the edge, so it is unlikely that the 1955 will improve with further cellaring. There is no indication of any fragility or decline, so this wine can be safely drunk for 10-15 more years. It is an amazing, complex, superbly well-balanced La Mission-Haut-Brion!" Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #95 (Oct 1994)
1 dozen bottles per lot