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La Mission Haut Brion, Blanc 2005
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Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
Pale yellow-straw color. Deep, mineral-driven aromas of grapefruit, lanolin, vanilla and crushed stone. Large-scaled, seamless, airy and classically dry, with a powerful stony minerality throughout. Hugely concentrated wine with great juicy lift and spice character. The slowly mounting finish saturates the palate with citrus and mineral flavors. This is hiding more than it's showing today and offers exceptional potential. This wine has been consistently stunning in recent vintages.
Reviewed by: Stephen Tanzer
(13.9% alcohol; 52% sauvignon blanc and 48% semillon) Pale yellow-green color. Precise aromas and flavors of crystallized lime, grapefruit, minerals and white flowers. At once solid and gripping, with firm acids giving this firmly structured wine excellent cut. Perhaps most impressive today on the minty, minerally finish, which features a whiplash of flavor and outstanding persistence. The 2005 vintage for white wine offers a superb combination of the freshness of 2004 and the density of 2003, notes enologist Jean-Philippe Masclet.
About the Producer
25 hectares of red grape varieties, including Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, are planted in the traditional vineyard of the winery; the Werner family's vineyard also has 4 hectares of white grape varieties, including Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc, used for Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc at different times during the Werner family's reign And the production of the original Chateau Laville Haut-Brion Blanc (Chateau Laville Haut-Brion Blanc). The Werner family's original Chateau La Tour Haut-Brion ceased production after 2005, and the 5 hectares of vineyards it owns are mainly used for the blending of the second red wine of Chateau Meixun. In terms of wine production, the winery will set up screening stations on trucks in the vineyard to screen the manually picked grapes for the first time. Fermentation is then carried out in a stainless steel wine tank equipped with a computer-controlled system that monitors the homogenization and temperature of the wine after measuring the temperature of the pressed grape juice and residue. Clarified with fresh egg whites before bottling, but not filtered.
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