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Exceptional release of the 2014 Vintage
Ready to enchant connoisseurs of fine wines
A varied climate, marked by a particularly sunny September tempered by cool nights, led to excellent ripeness at harvest.
A vintage that reveals the very essence of La Mission Haut-Brion’s terroirs.
A wine now in its optimal drinking window.
Château La Mission Haut-Brion 2014
The concentrated, expressive nose features very ripe black fruit aromas as well as roasted nuances. The wine is fresh and powerful on the palate from the onset, going on to show roundness, finesse, and complex fruit. This charming and unique wine signs off with a flourish while treating the palate to a long and enduring aromatic finish.
Harvest:
From September 15th to October 8th
Blend:
54% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 1% Cabernet Franc
Alcohol by volume:
14.5%
A few quotes
JAMES SUCKLING : 96/100
(tasted in 2017)
The typicity of La Mission is really here. Aromas of iodine, oyster shell, currants and orange peel are evident. Full-bodied, tight and tannic with a muscular and toned texture that holds the wine down at the moment, but it’s waiting to release its joy and true nature. Fine-grained. Give it until 2023.
JANE ANSON : 98/100
(tasted in 2024)
This is a briliant vintage for both wines of the Haut-Brion stable at the time, I remember them standing out during En Primeur, and wow this is still delivering, right up there at the top of the lineup. […] Great length and is full of fragrance. Knockout.
WINE ADVOCATE : 95/100
(tasted in 2017)
This is an exquisite bouquet with pure black fruit, cold stone, a touch of black olive. […] It comes more alive on the second half with a lovely spiciness and impressive persistence. It will have more to give down the line and the strictness implies that this La Mission Haut-Brion should be afforded a decade in the cellar before it will show what it can do.
