Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan, France 2018 Aux Origines Practically opaque

Practically opaque

it's another tour de force from the incredibly talented Jean-Luc Thunevin

There's plenty of character here

the 2010 Smith Haut Lafitte delivers notes of baked plums

Light to medium-bodied

Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan, France 2018 Aux Origines Practically opaqueAlthough it emerges from a similar terroir and the same winemaking team, the 2018 Chteau La Mission Haut Brion is a dramatically different wine than the Haut Brion and has a more concentrated, dense, powerful style that is all potential at this point. Dense purple hued, with lots of crme de cassis, black cherries, smoked meats, lead pencil, graphite, and crushed stone aromatics, it hits the palate with full bodied richness, a concentrated mid palate,