Château La Mission Haut-Brion, 2021 Variant:DUTY PAID and certainly Éric Boigelot is

and certainly Éric Boigelot is one of the most exciting we've found to date

and while the whites are approachable early

Finish shows long with salt and stone dust

who skip whole vintages if the quality is deemed insufficient (how often do we see that in Bordeaux

The reds display lovely perfume

Château La Mission Haut-Brion, 2021 Variant:DUTY PAID and certainly Éric Boigelot isLa Mission Haut Brion is Haut Brion's near neighbour and, in certain vintages, its equal a wine that divides opinion not because it lacks quality but because it refuses to be straightforward about it. Where Haut Brion seduces, La Mission broods. The 2021 is very much in that tradition: a Pessac Lognan of real density and serious structure, built on Cabernet Sauvignon with Merlot softening the frame, and the estate's signature quality a smoky, almost