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Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 1955
Pessac (Graves), cru classé
Van der Meulen bottling. Scuffed and oxidised capsule. Bin-soiled and damaged label. Level: top-shoulder
Tasting note: 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, October 1994
1 bottle per lot
Pessac (Graves), cru classé
Van der Meulen bottling. Scuffed and oxidised capsule. Bin-soiled and damaged label. Level: top-shoulder
Tasting note: 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, October 1994
1 bottle per lot
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