Château La Mission Haut-Brion - Pessac-Léognan (Grand Cru Classé de Graves) 1955 (750ml)

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Producer	Château La Mission Haut-Brion
Country	France
Region	Bordeaux
Subregion	Pessac-Léognan
Varietal	Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Malbec
Vintage	1955
Size	750ml

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Critial Acclaim

100 points John Gilman, Review Date: 10/2020

The 1955 vintage of Château La Mission Haut-Brion is one of the finest wine I have ever tasted from this property, but when I wrote my feature on the property back in 2015, I had not tasted this wine since 2006. So, I was thrilled to see it included in a recent tasting lineup of old claret, so that I could reacquaint myself with this legendary wine. The bouquet is pure, vibrant and bottomless, wafting from the glass in a very complex blend of sweet blackberries, cassis, cigar smoke, a great base of dark, gravelly soil tones, sweet leather, discreet notes of nutskin, violets and a topnote of cigar wrapper. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and very, very elegant in profile, with a sweet core of black fruit, great soil signature and grip, melted tannins and a long, very complex and absolutely seamless finish. This wine is so perfectly balanced that it is hard not to imagine it cruising along beautifully for another half century. This bottle is even better than the last one I drank and was well worth the decade of patience between sips of this magical wine!

100 points Wine Advocate, Review Date: 10/1994

Even allowing for the greatness of Haut-Brion and Mouton-Rothschild, the 1955 La Mission is the "wine of the vintage." It possesses a sweet, cedary, clove, smoke, and black-raspberry-scented nose, and rich, full-bodied, remarkably harmonious flavors that ooze with ripe fruit, glycerin, and heady alcohol. The tannin has totally melted away, and the wine reveals considerable rust at the edge, so it is unlikely that the 1955 will improve with further cellaring. There is no indication of any fragility or decline, so this wine can be safely drunk for 10-15 more years. It is an amazing, complex, superbly well-balanced La Mission-Haut-Brion! Tasted 13 times with consistent notes.

100 points Vinous, Review Date: 12/2018

The 1955 La Mission Haut-Brion, served from double magnum, presented quite a contrast to what had been a set of mostly delicate wines up until this point. The 1955 La Mission offered up a compelling array of cigar box, ash, smoke, earthiness and dark fruit in a deep, powerful style. There were elements of a wild, almost animalistic quality to the wine that added to its personality. This was a magnificent bottle of an iconic wine. (NM)