1967 La Mission Haut Brion Blanc
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The 1967 Laville-Haut-Brion Blanc illustrates how well this estate frequently performed in less celebrated vintages. Wafting from the glass with a complex, botrytis-inflected bouquet of mandarin oil, sweet stone fruit, furniture polish, vanilla pod, smoke and pine resin, it's medium to full-bodied, broad and satiny, with a glossy attack, succulent acids and a long, dry, saline finish. This complex, textural, immensely sapid wine, drinking beautifully at age 55, is a reminder of what dry white Bordeaux was capable of in this era, and above all at this address.
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William Kelley, Wine Advocate
About the producer
Ch. la Mission Haut-Brion – sister estate of Ch. Haut-Brion and part of the Clarence Dillon stable – is one of the greatest estates in all of Bordeaux. Based in Pessac-Léognan but not officially classified, it produces outstanding red and white wines.