Wine Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion Pessac-Leognan AOC Cru Classe de Graves 2000
Tasting Notes
Excellent wine, rich dark red color close to black.
The wine has a rich, concentrated taste of ripe berries with notes of tobacco and dark chocolate. Good length overlying granular tannins, lovely finale and long aftertaste.
The wine has a fantastic flavor notes covering a variety of fruits at the peak of their maturity.
The wine goes well with meat dishes.
Interesting Facts
Chateau la Micson O-Brion is adjacent to the Château Haut-Brion. "On-Brion" was a common name of the locality, and the first mention of it dates back to the XIV century. Once Chateau La Misson was part of the possessions of Château Haut-Brion, but under unknown circumstances became an independent estate. Since 1682 the estate passed to the RP Simon, abbot of the Order of Preachers Precheurs de la Mission, also known as the Order of Lazarists. Lazarists cleared part of the forest in the domain of O-Brion and built a chapel of Notre-Dame de la Misson, from which came the name of the estate La Misson O-Brion. Chateau La Misson O-Brion constantly competes as wines from neighboring Château Haut-Brion. The winner, it seems, for a long time will not be defined: from year to year quality wines both locks affects its stability, and should produce one of the possessions in a given year only good wine, as a neighbor, as if otygryvayas commits another miracle with the following as harvest. Estates belong to the same owner and are very close to each other, you just go a narrow road to get from one possession to another.
The total area of vineyards Chateau la Misson O-Brion is 25 hectares, of which 21 hectares of red varieties, soil for vineyards consist of deep (sometimes up to 18 meters) of gravel, alternating thin layers of clay. Planting density: 10,000 vines / ha. Grape harvest is carried out manually. The fermentation process takes place in stainless steel at a controlled temperature of 30 ° C, exposure is carried out for 20 months in oak casks. Before bottling the wine is clarified with egg white.
All the wines of La Misson O-Brion full-bodied, very tart, rich and well-structured. Wine Chateau la Micson O-Brion (Pessac Leognan-) Cru Classe de Graves has a charming fruity notes and, depending on the vintage, shades of Havana cigars, chocolate, cedar and spice, reflecting the particular terroir. It has a fairly large storage capacity. 2000 - one of the great vintages of Chateau. The wine can be drunk now. Recommended maximum potential exposure - until 2050.
