Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc, Pessac-Leognan, France 2017 Winkel cinnamon and some toasty notes

cinnamon and some toasty notes

Cava's name derives from the Spanish word for an underground cellar

introducing a savory side on the finish

A full-bodied

Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc, Pessac-Leognan, France 2017 Winkel cinnamon and some toasty notesFor me this is the wine of the vintage. Both of the whites in the Haut Brion stable are exceptionally well sculpted and finessed, but this has the aromatic edge. It has a powerful, intense concentration of flavours, hemmed in by slate walls that make you slow down and inch your way through the palate and I am more than happy to go as slow as possible. The cool nights over the summer have been very kind to these grapes; they are in full control, with