JAMES SUCKLING: "This really builds on the palate. Loads of blackberry and iodine with asphalt undertones. It's full-bodied with tannins that steamroll at the end and keep going. Classic blend."

ROBERT PARKER - THE WINE ADVOCATE: "Composed of 48.6% Merlot, 43.2% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8.2% Cabernet Franc, harvested from 7th to 29th September, the 2020 La Mission Haut-Brion has an alcohol of 14.7%. It needs considerable swirling and coaxing to reveal slowly emerging scents of freshly crushed blackcurrants, Morello cherries, wild blueberries and forest floor, leading to suggestions of violets, baker´s chocolate and cardamom with wafts of dusty soil and oolong tea. The medium to full-bodied palate bursts with impactful, fresh red, black and blue fruit layers, supported by impressive freshness and fantastically ripe, fine-grained tannins, finishing very long and fragrant. A stunning expression of this vintage!" - Lisa Perrotti-Brown

FALSTAFF: "Dunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Mit Gewürznuancen wie Kardamom und Zimt unterlegte schwarze Beerenfrucht, ein Hauch von Lakritze und Cassis, feiner Nougat, Tabak, kandierte Orangenzesten. Stoffig, feine Fruchtsüße, reife Kirschen, elegant, frisch strukturiert, präsente, gut eingebundene Tannine, schokoladig, etwas Kakao im Nachhall, sehr gute Länge, sicheres Reifepotenzial." - Peter Moser