Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc, Pessac-Leognan, France 2017 Ballard Canyon faintly saline finish

faintly saline finish

Medium-bodied and fruit-forward with a velvety texture and ripe tannins

licorice and pencil lead plus a waft of garrigue

the finish is Eiswein-like

and a marvelous finish

Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc, Pessac-Leognan, France 2017 Ballard Canyon faintly saline finishFor 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