Château La Mission Haut-Brion 2023

Characteristics and tasting tips of Château La Mission Haut-Brion white 2023

Tasting

Colour
The colour is a beautiful shade of yellow.

Nose
The nose combines fruity fragrances (white peach), subtly lemony and floral.

Palate

A lively attack precedes a palate whose deliciousness and sapidity stretch to a round and ample finish.

A subtle and ample Pessac-Léognan white wine

The estate

Neighbour to the illustrious Château Haut-Brion, Château La Mission Haut-Brion is one of the iconic references of Bordeaux, and has been for centuries. Founded in the 16th century by the Lestonnac family, the estate was then administered by the Lazarist priests. Now belonging to the Clarence Dillon estate and Prince Robert of Luxembourg, Château La Mission Haut-Brion continues to shine among the world's greatest wines.

The vineyard

Located in the municipalities of Talence and Pessac, Château La Mission Haut-Brion overlooks a vineyard planted on beautiful gravel soils resting on a subsoil of clay, sand, limestone and faluns (a shell limestone). The vines of Château La Mission Haut-Brion give birth to great Pessac-Léognan wines.

The vintage

A cool and rainy winter precedes a spring whose alternation of warm days with relative humidity promotes both the rapid and homogeneous bud burst of the vineyard and a significant mildew pressure mastered by the know-how and reactivity of the teams. The flowering is qualitative and suggests a generous harvest. Carried out under warm and clement conditions, the harvest reveals fresh and aromatic white grapes as well as red grapes ideally combining concentration and liveliness with a beautiful fruity structure.

Vinification and ageing

Ageing in barrels (of which 46.3% are new).

Blend

Sauvignon Blanc (65.3%)
Sémillon (34.7%).