Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan, France 2019 Rubrum An expressive and exotic nose

An expressive and exotic nose which is accompanied by notes of citrus fruit

but it’s impossible to say which citrus fruit it is because it seems to flicker from Amalfi lemon to bergamot and then to pomelo

and a touch of herbal undertones

including declassified grapes from younger vines in grander appellations

Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognan, France 2019 Rubrum An expressive and exotic noseThe 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