Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc, Pessac-Leognan, France 2017 Winkel This Champagne has the heft

This Champagne has the heft and power to work with rich

Accents of wild rosemary and sage chime in as this remains fresh and long on the iron and underbrush aftertaste

introducing a savory side on the finish

The palate adds graphite-like

Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc, Pessac-Leognan, France 2017 Winkel This Champagne has the heftFor me this is the wine of the vintage. Both of the whites in the Haut Brion stable are exceptionally well sculpted and finessed, but this has the aromatic edge. It has a powerful, intense concentration of flavours, hemmed in by slate walls that make you slow down and inch your way through the palate and I am more than happy to go as slow as possible. The cool nights over the summer have been very kind to these grapes; they are in full control, with