JAMES SUCKLING: "Regal wine, showing alluringly ripe and dark plums, that carries a wealth of complexity in its DNA - fine spices, leaves, graphite, violets and more. The palate has very precise drive and super focused style and delivers authoritative tannins that are arranged in linear fashion. Power with elegance. Try from 2024."

ROBERT PARKER - THE WINE ADVOCATE: "The 2016 La Mission Haut-Brion is a blend of 57.5% Merlot and 42.5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep garnet-purple in color, it is just a little muted to begin, soon unfurling to reveal slowly growing scents of crushed blackcurrants, black cherries, dark chocolate and candied violets with nuances of crushed rocks, tobacco leaf, forest floor and fragrant earth plus a hint of bergamot. Medium-bodied and exquisitely elegant, the palate offers perfectly ripe, fine-grained tannins and tons of freshness with layer upon layer of perfumed fruit and a very long, ferrous-laced finish. - Lisa Perrotti-Brown"

WINE SPECTATOR: "This is super vivid, offering cassis, blackberry, raspberry and blueberry compote flavors that bristle with energy while a mouthwatering frame of anise and apple wood adds electric energy. This is borderline rambunctious but it's bridled well enough and when the fruit and wood sides mesh fully, this will be a rock star. Best from 2025 through 2040. - James Molesworth"

FALSTAFF: "Dunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, dezente Randaufhellung, zart tabakig-balsamisch unterlegtes schwarzes Waldbeerkonfit, süßes Edelholz, Gewürze, feine Exotik. Stoffig, elegant, straffe Textur, präsente, gut eingebundene Tannine, extraktsüßer Touch im Abgang, sehr gute Länge, feine Holzwürze im Nachhall, vielversprechendes Potenzial. - Peter Moser"