2025, Chapelle de la Mission Haut Brion, PESSAC-LÉOGNAN, Rouge18% Cabernet Franc, 52. 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 28. 3% Merlot and 1. 1% Petit Verdot. Nicely fragrant floral aromatics on the nose, expressive and open. Supple and round with a gorgeous soft crushed velvet texture and excellently integrated acidity that keeps it lifted and fresh but not too piercing. Great fruit purity with a lick of salty wet stones on the finish. Beautifully presented, all in harmony with a core of mineral, saline, mint, liquorice,

The 2006 Lafleur

butterscotch

Claude de Nicolay characterises it as 'the fruit of Savigny

Representing 46% of the total crop the 2024 Château Margaux contains slightly less Merlot

deep and elegantly muscular

The palate is medium-bodied with fine boned tannins

The 2021 Pichon-Longueville Baron is matured in 70% new oak

The saline–citrus character carries through to a clean

Drink: 2027-2038

which represents 40% of the total production this year

The 2024 Le Petit Lion nose reveals a touch of undergrowth infused with mainly black fruit

The intensity of fruit explodes on the palate behind the wood