Weinwisser 
Dichtes Purpur. Was für eine feminine Delikatesse! Duftige Heidelbeere und Nougatschokonoten, dahinter Schattenmorellen, Lakritze und dunkles Edelholz. Am kräftigen Gaumen mit stützendem Tannin, im Nachhall Mokka und Baumnuss, endet im langen Finale mit feiner Adstringenz. Hier braucht es Geduld – kann noch zulegen! 18.5/20. 

Neal Martin 
The 2016 La Mission Haut-Brion was stunning from barrel, and now in bottle. It has a sublime bouquet of blackberries, briar and hints of dark chocolate and rose petals that gain intensity with aeration while maintaining ethereal delineation. It never steps on the accelerator too hard. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin. There is still a veneer of new oak that will need to be assimilated over the coming years. This is a deep La Mission that caresses the mouth. Touches of graphite lingering on a finish that fans out gloriously. Is the 2016 up there with the 1955 or 1989? Nearly.