2005 Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion Cru Classe, Pessac-Leognan 1×1.5L

Vinous 96

The 2005 La Mission Haut-Brion is powerful and unyielding. Aeration brings out the aromatics and fruit, but La Miss does not have the charm of most other wines on this night. I have had better bottles. So it goes. [Antonio Galloni, 17/02/2023]

Anticipated maturity: 2022-2055

Robert Parker 98+

Another massive effort, the inky/purple-colored 2005 La Mission-Haut-Brion is broodingly backward and foreboding. The aromatic profile offers hints of charcoal, freshly laid hot tar, truffles, graphite and black fruits. Full-bodied, powerful, tannic and almost painfully extracted and concentrated with tremendous structure, good acidity and a massive finish, this infant wine is largely unchanged since I first tasted it from bottle. If everything comes together in 10-15 years, this brilliant 2005 should merit a triple digit score. Anticipated maturity: 2020-2050+. [Robert Parker, 01/08/2012]

Anticipated maturity: 2020-2050