Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2006
Pessac (Graves), cru classé
In twelve-bottle original wooden case
6 bottles per lot

Type: Red Wine
Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot blend
Region: Pessac-Leognan

ABOUT THE WINE
“If God wished to prohibit drinking, would He have created such a delicious wine?” Louis Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, Maréchal-Duc de Richelieu Created by the noble Lestonnac family (sister and brother in law of Jean de Pontac, owner of Château Haut-Brion) in the early years of the sixteenth century, the vineyard of Château La Mission Haut-Brion owes its name and its reputation to the Prêcheurs de la Mission. The Bordeaux branch of the Congrégation de la Mission de Saint-Lazare, a missionary order, commonly known as the Lazarists, who owned the property from 1682 until 1789. The estate was awarded a Gold Medal at the 1862 International Exhibition in London. This mythical wine was named as the unofficial “Sixth First Growth” of Bordeaux in the 2009 classification by Liv-Ex, the world’s leading exchange for fine wine. This ranking revisited the 1855 Classification in order to create a new hierarchy reflective of the current market reality. Château La Mission Haut-Brion was acquired by Domaine Clarence Dillon in 1983 and is managed by the same team that oversees Château Haut-Brion and Château Quintus.