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Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion 1982 Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion 1982 Talence (Pessac-Leognan), Grand Cru Classe Lot 5037: u. 3bn, 1vts, 1ts, 3 damp stained labels, 1 nicked label, excellent color and clarity Lot 5038: Excellent levels and appearance Lot 5039: u. 2bn, 3ts, 7 levels into neck, 1 nicked label, otherwise excellent appearance Lot 5040: Wine comes from 2 different importers, 1 slightly scuffed label Lot 5041: Slightly corroded and scuffed capsules, otherwise excellent appearance, levels, color and clarity The sheer fireworks and complexity on the nose of this are staggering. Deep cassis predominates, with whiffs of a great Cohiba! Glorious fleshy, black fruit jam taste. Mouth-coating and rich. Long, ripe, round - and exciting. On New Year's Eve 2010, it was profound, deep and still tannic - a wine of huge impact. SS. See illustration Lot 5037 12 bts (owc) Lot 5038 12 bts (sc) Lot 5039 12 bts (sc) per lot: HKD 60000-80000 per lot: USD 7500-10000 For those of us who spend much of our lives round Bordeaux, the place and the wines, La Mission Haut Brion has First Growth Status. It is a given. The prerequisites are all there- terroir, wine-making, longevity. So is the track-record - unbelievable consistency over more than a century. Vertical tastings of La Mission are astonishing, with the great vintages an absolute knock-out and delicious wines in modest years. In fact, for me, it is the most consistent of all over the last half century. In blind comparisons with the First Growths, it is more than their equal in depth, class and complexity. When the Dillons of Haut Brion bought La Mission in 1983, there were those who feared that the differences between the two neighbouring properties might be less marked than before, now that the same brilliant team was responsible for both chateaux. It was not a fear I shared! The integrity of the people concerned and, above all, the pronounced, and fascinating, difference in taste between the two wines is as dramatic as ever. One of the great comparisons in the wine world is that between La Mission and Haut Brion - the texture alone is amazingly different, with La Mission always denser and 'thicker' than Haut Brion. Try it and see! SS. Quantity: 1