1975 Chateau La Mission Haut Brion (750ml)

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Vintage: 1975
Format: 750ml
Wine Name: Chateau La Mission Haut Brion
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Appellation: Pessac Leognan
Producer: Chateau La Mission Haut Brion
Varietal: Red Bordeaux Blend
Type: Red
Country: France
Region: Bordeaux
Sub-Region: Graves

Tasting note: A wine that I have always considered virtually perfect, I have backed off slightly simply because, at 27 years of age, it seems certain that the enormous tannins of this wine are never going to be totally assimilated. Nevertheless, this is a wine that is going to easily last at least 50-60 years. It still has a 100-point bouquet of scorched earth, tobacco, black fruits, liquid minerals, roasted herbs, cedar, and licorice. Huge, massive, and full-bodied, with enormous concentration., this behemoth is one of the biggest, most concentrated, and tannic wines made in the last 30 years in Bordeaux. Perhaps it will ultimately absorb its tannin, but this is a modern-day clone of the 1945 La Mission-Haut-Brion, and a wine that can be drunk now but promises to evolve effortlessly for at least three more decades. (99pts. Robert Parker)

Tasted: Jan. 2003
Score: 99
Drink: 2003-35

Tasting note: Very good medium red. Redcurrant, plum and tobacco aromas show a somewhat cool, primary quality. Dense and still rather youthfully tight in the mouth; offers a supple texture but comes across as distinctly less sweet than these other vintages of La Mission. Tannins are lively and harmonious, but the finish shows the dry edge that characterizes the 1975 vintage. Still developing. (93+?pts. Stephen Tanzer)

Tasted: Jul./Aug. 2002
Score: 93+?
Drink: Through 2030

Tasting note: This has been heralded as one of the greatest La Missions ever, but I have my doubts. Will it ever come around? Deep, dark aromas; full-bodied, with superb concentration of fruit, but extremely tough and tannic, with high alcohol. Lacks a bit of balance. Could become like the '37? (90pts. JS, Wine Spectator)

Tasted: Nov. 15, 1991
Score: 90
Drink: N/A