In the mouth it is fluid and on the palate the bitter and spicy sensations are well balanced
Fresh and easy drinking with its white and red grapes: the wine for Mediterranean food
Bright yellow in colour with aromas of honey
smooth texture with a polish and intensity
Cropped at a freakishly low 25 hl/ha - well below what is permitted for Grand Cru Burgundy - it is naturally fermented in concrete before resting for 18 months in a mix of one
Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion, 1982 Extra Virgin Olive Oil In the mouth it is"One of the handful of perfect wines of the vintage, the La Mission still possesses a remarkably dense ruby purple color with only a slight garnet and lightening at the edge. The fruit dominated aromatics reveal lots of cassis, blueberry, scorched earth, black truffle, incense, graphite and high class, unsmoked cigar tobacco like notes. Still exhibiting remarkable concentration, enormous body, silky sweet tannin, and no perceptible acidity, the 1982