Mission Haut Brion Vintage:1998 The fruit remains fabulously rich

The fruit remains fabulously rich and vibrant from start to finish

This is distinctly sauvage in character with moderate toast

Juicy and vinous

black and blue fruit

Mission Haut Brion Vintage:1998 The fruit remains fabulously richThe knockout nose, with all its smoke, hot stone, campfire embers, burnt earth, tobacco, cigar wrapper and roasted, ripe red fruits is a beauty. Full bodied, with good concentration, the tannins are a bit rustic, so the wine lacks the polish of the better vintages, but with decanting, the wine fills out, offering a classic expression of its charms. You can drink now with 1 2 hours of air, else, wait another 5 years.