| Region | |
|---|---|
| Subregion | France > Bordeaux > Left Bank > Pessac-Léognan |
| Colour | Red |
| Type | Still |
This is the second wine of La Mission Haut Brion and it usually contains all the fruit from the Tour Haut Brion vineyard (last vintage 2005).
In 2024 Chapelle is 29% Merlot with the rest Cabernet Sauvignon except for 14.5% Cabernet Franc. 12.9% alcohol. 31% new oak.
The 2024 La Chapelle de la Mission Haut-Brion has a reserved bouquet of tertiary black fruit with touches of smoke and cigar box. The palate is medium-bodied and quite sapid in the mouth with grainy tannins and a seaweed note on the aftertaste. The 2024 is a little taut at the moment, but if it gains a little flesh it should turn out fine. Drink: 2028-2036
A blend of 56.3% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29.2% Merlot and 14.5% Cabernet Franc, the 2024 La Chapelle de la Mission Haut-Brion is fresh and perfumed, offering up aromas of peonies, dark berries and green bell pepper. Moderately weighted and sappy, it's layered and youthfully introverted, underpinned by somewhat brittle tannins and concluding with a fresh, elegant finish.
Mid purple in colour, with a spicy, steeped plum fruit led nose, touched by a little spice and charred wood. The palate is bright and slender, full of juicy red fruits that are vertical rather than broad thanks to a streak of acidity. This is a sinewy, fresh and linear Chapelle, designed for drinking in its youth.
Deep garnet-purple colored. Notes of juicy raspberries and mulberries leap from the glass, leading to hints of forest floor and pencil shavings with a hint of dusty soil. The light to medium-bodied palate is silky and fragrant with great energy and freshness, finishing on a whispery red berry note.
29.2% Merlot, 56.3% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14.5% Cabernet Franc, aging in French oak, 31% new.
The 2024 La Chapelle de La Mission Haut Brion is soft, open-knit and juicy, all qualities that will make it a fine choice for drinking on release. Unusually, Cabernet Sauvignon takes the lead in 2024. It's a style that works quite well. Macerated cherry, plum, spice, new leather and tobacco all build nicely in the glass. Drink: 2028-2036
A light and very juicy wine with solid, fine-grained tannins. Red plums and cherries with touches of cedar, minerals and graphite. Fine tannins on the medium-bodied palate. Firm, succulent and linear. Refined and bright in the finish. 56.3% cabernet sauvignon, 29.2% merlot and 14.5% cabernet franc.
