2010 Chapelle de la Mission Haut Brion
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Readers looking for a hint of the classic La Mission style could do a lot worse than buying the 2010 La Chapelle De La Mission Haut-Brion, a classic wine that offers textbook Pessac smoky tobacco, scorched earth, and sweet red and black fruit-driven aromas and flavors. It's beautifully balanced, medium-bodied, has an elegant, silky mouthfeel, and outstanding length. It clearly has some evolution and is drinking beautifully, but it's not tired or fatigued in any way. Drink bottles any time over the coming 10-15 years. Drink 2025-2035.
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Jeannie Cho Lee MW
Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
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Supple tannins, fresh, vibrant dark fruit and bright acidity. La Chapelle de La Mission 2010 is a 'slimmed-down' version of the wonderful Grand Vin but one which possesses similar characteristics and is in the peak of its drinking window now. Doesn't have quite the same level of concentration but a very elegant, refined Graves red.
The 2010 La Chapelle de la Mission has a well-defined bouquet with brambly red fruit and undergrowth scents, hints of chai tea and bay leaf emerging with time. This is another Pessac-Léognan with a very pretty nose. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins and a crisp bead of acidity. This is well balanced, lightly spiced with and ferrous, persistent finish. Excellent.
Made of 47% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Franc, the 2010 La Chapelle de la Mission Haut-Brion is deep garnet colored and has opulent scents of baked raspberries, Black Forest cake and blueberry tart with hints of star anise, prunes and spice cake. Full-bodied, rich and seductive in the mouth, the palate has a solid frame of firm, grainy tannins and bold freshness, finishing long and mineral laced.
About the producer
Ch. la Mission Haut-Brion – sister estate of Ch. Haut-Brion and part of the Clarence Dillon stable – is one of the greatest estates in all of Bordeaux. Based in Pessac-Léognan but not officially classified, it produces outstanding red and white wines.