Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan, France 2018 Aux Origines the 2010 Smith Haut Lafitte

the 2010 Smith Haut Lafitte delivers notes of baked plums

000 bottles were filled in July 2018

Light to medium-bodied

This blend of parcels from the communes of Chacé and Varrains is only made in the best vintages

Practically opaque

Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan, France 2018 Aux Origines the 2010 Smith Haut LafitteAlthough it emerges from a similar terroir and the same winemaking team, the 2018 Chteau La Mission Haut Brion is a dramatically different wine than the Haut Brion and has a more concentrated, dense, powerful style that is all potential at this point. Dense purple hued, with lots of crme de cassis, black cherries, smoked meats, lead pencil, graphite, and crushed stone aromatics, it hits the palate with full bodied richness, a concentrated mid palate,