Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc, Pessac-Leognan, France 2017 Catena Zapata Everything is buoyed by fresh

Everything is buoyed by fresh

graphite and toasted coconut notes

with an intense wild orange oil streak that expands from start to finish

It was powerful and dense at en primeur

with a black cherry core that jumps from the glass

Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc, Pessac-Leognan, France 2017 Catena Zapata Everything is buoyed by freshFor me this is the wine of the vintage. Both of the whites in the Haut Brion stable are exceptionally well sculpted and finessed, but this has the aromatic edge. It has a powerful, intense concentration of flavours, hemmed in by slate walls that make you slow down and inch your way through the palate and I am more than happy to go as slow as possible. The cool nights over the summer have been very kind to these grapes; they are in full control, with