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Auction: SFW02 - An Evening of Exceptional Wines
Lot: 21

Château La Mission Haut-Brion vintage 1959
Magnum
Pessac Léognan
Recently relabelled by special arrangement by La
Mission Haut-Brion in 2012. Level low neck.
Magnum with original cork and capsules slightly
corroded.
100/100 points Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate 95
October 1994
Lying in a private cellar in London, England
1 Magnum
Tasting Note: “ ´The Vintage of the Century´ foretold and
baptized before the harvest. After a few hesitations the
wines have proved magnificent just about everywhere.
Very hot during the harvest. Very concentrated wines.
A wine very much like those of this vintage, very big,
matured colour. The heat during the summer made
harmonious, sweet wines leaving plenty of multiple
flavours on the palate. At the very end of the tasting, it
starts showing its age. This wine has reached its zenith.
Drinkable now.”
Domaine Clarence Dillon
“It is interesting to note that many 1959s, much like the
1982s, were maligned for lacking both acidity and aging
potential. How does one explain the fact that many 1959s
are less evolved, as well as richer, fresher, and more
complete than many 1961s For example, as great as the
1961 La Mission is, the 1959 is a richer, deeper-coloured,
more concentrated and powerful wine. It needs at least 3-
5 more years of cellaring to reach its plateau of maturity.
Spicy and super-concentrated, with a dense, plummy
purple colour, this young, broodingly backward,
formidably-endowed wine should be at its best before the
end of the century and drink well for the first 20-25 years
of the next millennium. Tasted 11 Times with consistent
notes.”

Sold for
HK$60,000