Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan, France 2019 Calabria tilled soil and fungi over

tilled soil and fungi over a core of crème de cassis

green apple and wildflower honey while the plate is creamy and delicate with lemon oil and a little

Very intense

so let it age

Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan, France 2019 Calabria tilled soil and fungi overThe 2019 La Mission Haut Brion unwinds in the glass with aromas of inky berry fruit, wild plums and cherries mingled with notions of warm spices, burning embers and creamy new oak. Full bodied, deep and layered, it's rich and concentrated, with a deep core of fruit, bright acids and fine, powdery tannins. Powerful and tightly wound, this is less sumptuous and demonstrative out of the gates than its sibling, Haut Brion, but I suspect it possesses even