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Château La Mission Haut-Brion 2025

Bordeaux Primeurs | Cru Classé de Graves, Pessac-Léognan AC

The Mission takes its name from the “priests of the Mission” who cultivated the Château’s vines at the time. According to Robert Parker, "The Mission has long been one of the best wines and one of the most consistent qualitatively speaking." Certainly the most mysterious wine of the Haut-Brion lineage!

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Regular price CHF 170.80 (75cl)
Regular price Sale price CHF 170.80 (75cl)
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  • France Bordeaux
  • Merlot
    Cabernet Sauvignon
    Cabernet Franc
  • 5 - 30 years
  • 13.60% vol.
Awards and reviews from professionals
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    Jean-Marc Quarin
    Couleur noire et pourpre. Nez intense, fin, subtil, noble et très complexe, évoluant ultra parfumé à l'agitation du verre. Ample à l'attaque et immédiatement très plein, avec une puissance folle assortie de mille arômes étincelants, le vin vibre en bouche. Il avance conquérant, profond et solide, vers une très grande longueur puissante et parfumée suivie d'une très belle rétro-olfaction. C'est de la folie. Assemblage : 58,3 % Merlot, 38,3 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 3,4 % Cabernet Franc. Degré d'alcool : 13°6. - pH : 3,73. Rendement : 23,2 hl/ha. Pour la petite histoire, les premières cuves remplies le 28 et 29 août étaient à 14°6. Les suivantes vendangées après les pluies sont redescendues à 13°3 - 13°6. Ce degré d'alcool de La Mission 2025 est comparable à celui du millésime 2000. La puissance de ce vin s'explique tout à la fois de par sa concentration aromatique et sa concentration tanique. D'habitude le tanin empêche les arômes. Or, ici, le jeu s'organise différemment. Alors que le vin a été vinifié avec plus de douceur que de coutume, certaine cuves affichaient le chiffre record de 100 d'IPT. La Mission Haut Brion 2025 déborde de son cadre connu ! A consommer entre 2039 et 2125. Avril 2026.
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    Jeff Leve
    Burning campfire embers, smoke, flowers, black cherries, blackberries, and licorice are on display in the aromatics. Texturally, you find a creamy-freshness that hits all the right notes. Concentrated, long, deep, and voluptuous, the wine is almost palate staining in its delivery, coating your palate, yet, somehow it remains energetic, and vibrant. Packed with ripe, powerful fruits, the finish builds as it lingers, and expands seamlessly on your palate. For La Mission Haut Brion, this should start drinking well with just 5-7 years of age, yet, it promises to age for decades. The wine blends 58.3% Merlot, 38.3% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 3.4% Cabernet Franc, 13.6% ABV, 3.73 pH. Harvesting took place, September 1-September 18. Yields were low at 23 hectoliters per hectare. Drink from 2030-2075. 98-100/100. May 2026.
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    Tim Atkin
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    Wine Advocate
    A blend of 58.3% Merlot, 38.3% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3.4% Cabernet Franc, the 2025 La Mission Haut-Brion reveals a refined bouquet of smoky cassis, dark berries, spices and lead pencil, framed by a deft touch of new oak. Medium- to full-bodied, dense and layered, it’s built around a multidimensional core of fruit underpinned by fine, velvety tannins, concluding with a long, perfumed and precise finish. Combining depth with energy, it delivers a textural yet controlled expression of power, with a real sense of freshness. The result is a particularly faithful, charming rendition of La Mission, defined by its elegance and overall precision. 97-99/100. Yohan Castaing. April 2026. The 2025 vintage at Château Haut-Brion and Château La Mission Haut-Brion formed under constraint rather than excess. Yields stayed low, close to 2024, at around 23 hectoliters per hectare for whites—exceptionally reduced—and 27 hectoliters per hectare for reds. Poor floral initiation defined the season early, especially for Sauvignon Blanc and Sauvignon Gris, with some parcels carrying little to no fruit. Clean flowering locked in that limited potential, and summer drought further reduced berry size, particularly in Pessac. Rainfall arrived unevenly. A storm on June 13 dropped some 65 millimeters in a single day, but only over part of the appellation. Other sectors saw little impact. The Médoc received rain later, on July 24, which largely missed Pessac. The totals align on paper, but the timing drove variation in ripening. Phenolic maturity was high, with IPT exceeding 100, indicating marked concentration. Harvest started early—August 27 at La Mission and September 1 at Haut-Brion—and finished around September 18. The teams responded with control. They adjusted extraction, avoided excess and worked to retain balance. The wines come through as dense but fresh, structured but not severe. The tannins show restraint and precision. Haut-Brion delivers depth and authority; La Mission leans toward charm. Both capture the vintage’s brightness and fruit definition, with more clarity than 2022.
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    Yves Beck
    Que de précision dans ce bouquet aux nombreuses nuances, toutes autant détaillées les unes que les autres. La fraîcheur est relatée par des notes de violettes et une touche de framboises suivies de nuances épicées. Onctueux en attaque, le vin se déroule d'un fil, sans aspérités. Ses tannins, suaves, consolident le milieu de bouche et sont assistés d'une précieuse structure qui leur prête main-forte par sa fraîcheur et sa vivacité. Un vin sapide et élégant qui dispose d'une puissance parfaitement encadrée qu'il révèle progressivement. En fin de bouche, le vin affiche un regain d'énergie qui laisse supposer qu'il a encore de la réserve, mais il n'aime pas la précipitation. Il a bien raison, il a du temps devant lui ! 2030-2060. 96-98/100. Avril 2026.

Features

Country France
Region Bordeaux
Sub-region Pessac-Léognan
Wine type Bordeaux Primeurs
Designation Cru Classé de Graves, Pessac-Léognan AC
Grape variety Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc
Alcohol content 13.60% vol.
Cellaring 5 - 30 years
Serving temperature 16 - 18°C
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Château La Mission Haut-Brion 2025
Regular price CHF 170.80 (75cl)
Regular price Sale price CHF 170.80 (75cl)
<strong>Colour</strong>
Colour

Intense purple red, with violet reflections.

<strong>Nose</strong>
Nose

Intense aromas of red and black fruits, such as raspberry and blackberry, followed by scents of Havana, roasting culminating in a very pretty woodiness.

<strong>Palate</strong>
Palate

The mouth begins with a great sensation of sweetness, then the wine broadens and invades us. From that moment on, the very mature tannins take over, giving the full measure of the great concentration of this wine.

Château La Mission Haut-Brion

Château La Mission Haut-Brion

Located southwest of Bordeaux, Château La Mission Haut-Brion has been dedicated to viticulture since 1540. The Dillon family acquired the property in 1983, comprising 29 hectares of vines and forming part of the Pessac-Léognan appellation. The estate faces Château Haut-Brion and shares with it this vast gravel terrace, called Haut-Brion.
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