La Mission Haut Brion - 1990 (750ml) Size:750ml Wine Advocate - 95+ points

Wine Advocate - 95+ points

The palate is full-bodied and sumptuous with super-fine tannins

intense wine laced with dark red fruit

which contributes to the dry

It is an amazingly complex

La Mission Haut Brion - 1990 (750ml) Size:750ml Wine Advocate - 95+ pointsReminiscing over the 1989 and 1990 vintages, which I have followed from birth, there always seemed to be a dramatic difference in quality. Not that the 1990 was not a top wine, but in its infancy, I never thought it would come close to being as riveting and magnetic as its older sibling, the 1989. However, it has proven to be nearly as prodigious. One of the hottest years in Bordeaux, 1990, a vintage of enormous yields, even dwarfing yields in 1985