The 2006 La Mission Haut-Brion is showing very well at age 15, and even though it's still five or six years away from the beginning of its plateau of maturity, it is already quite expressive, wafting from the glass with aromas of blackberries and blackcurrants mingled with notions of smoke, cigar wrapper, black truffle and loamy soil. Full-bodied, fleshy and muscular, with a richly layered core of fruit framed by an abundance of ripe, powdery tannin, in a blind tasting I suspect many would confuse it with a 2005.
(WA-Mar 2022)
| BRAND | LA MISSION HAUT BRION |
|---|---|
| Product Name | Ch. La Mission Haut Brion Cru Classé de Graves Pessac Leognan 2006 750ml |
| Unit of Measure | BTL |
| Country | FRANCE |
| Region | BORDEAUX |
| Appellation | PESSAC LEOGNAN |
| Vintage | 2006 |
| Rating (WA) | 94 |
| Rating (BH) | NA |
| Rating (WS) | 95 |
