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Laville Haut-Brion Blanc 2000 300cl

AOC | Graves, Pessac-Léognan | Bordeaux | France
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2000
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96 Wine Spectator
Wild nose of exotic fruit, with pineapple, mango and lemon rind. Full-bodied and very rich--almost tannic, it's more like a red wine. Long finish. Great Smillon-based white. Give this many years. Best after 2006. JS
18 Rene Gabriel
01: Helles Gelb mit sanft lindengrünem Schimmer. Frisches nach Bergamotte, Limonenöl und Williamsbirnen duftendes Bouquet; komplex, frisches gemahlenes Mandelmehl und absolut delikat. Im Gaumen Rasse im dichten, noch leicht mehligen Körper, feine Hefenote, Pink Grapefruits und Granatäpfel, im Finale ein faszinierender Geschmack, der an einen grossen, spanischen Viura erinnert, pfeffrig mit feiner Löwenzahnnote. Einer der lebendigsten und pfeffrigsten Lavilles, die ich je degustiert habe. Sicherlich einer der besten Weine dieses Jahrganges. 18/20 2003 – 2020
89 Robert Parker
This stylish, medium-bodied example of Laville-Haut-Brion exhibits notes of citrus, minerals, white corn, and melons. Ripe, and precociously-styled, it should be at its best in five years and last through 2015.
Producer
Château La Mission Haut Brion
Similarly owned by the Dillon family, Château La Mission Haut-Brion is certainly the second best producer in the Pessac-Léognan appellation, after its neighbor and Graves greatest producer, Château Haut-Brion. With a history beginning in the early 16th century, La Mission Haut-Brion now justly rivals its sister winery in more than just select vintages, the estate has actually been raised to a comparable First Growth rank in 2009. While the Pessac-Léognan Cru Classé’s La Tour Haut-Brion, used to be La Mission’s second wine, it is now a separately owned brand, however still managed by the Dillon family. The 29-hectare property is planted primarily to the production of their first-rate reds. Their La Mission Haut-Brion is the flagship wine, it is exemplary of their house style - rich, barrel-fermented, dense, and powerful. The château also produces La Chapelle de La Mission Haut-Brion, a second wine that is riper but nonetheless arousing.