Chapelle de la Mission 2024

La Chapelle de la Mission, an introduction to the world of La Mission Haut-Brion.

Linked by history since 1540, Château La Mission Haut-Brion and Château Haut-Brion share this vast terrace of exceptional gravel known as Haut-Brion on ancient maps. La Mission Haut-Brion’s vineyard spans 29 hectares, with about 25 hectares planted with red grape varieties and just over 4 hectares with white.
Acquired by the Dillon family in 1983, La Mission Haut-Brion underwent a significant revival, incorporating advanced techniques to showcase its invaluable terroir while preserving its unique charm and spiritual essence.

La Chapelle de La Mission Haut-Brion is the second wine from the estate. Produced in small quantities, it is the gateway to the world of Château La Mission Haut-Brion. Its name refers to the chapel of La Mission Haut-Brion, built by Lazarist priests in 1698.

The 2024 Vintage: IN THE VINEYARD

The 2024 Vintage: HARVEST

Although the growth season was undeniably less abundant than the bountiful year 2023, the terroir, once again, played a decisive role: its earliness rapidly brought the grapes to the degrees of alcohol we wished for, enabling us to begin the harvest in the first days of September for the whites, with good, healthy grapes. A welcome combination of relatively warm days and cool nights gave expressive Sauvignons and Sémillons with fine aromas. After pressing, the juices were delicate, well-balanced and even charming. In September, North-Eastern wind swept in for six days, dried up the vineyard and consequently protected its healthiness,
while bringing additional concentration to the Merlots and Cabernets. The harvest of reds began afterwards;
it was thorough and extremely precise, thanks to sorting done within the vineyard, as well as on arrival at the
vat house, so as to keep only berries that were full of colour, ideally ripe and perfectly healthy. The grapes
rewarded us well with aromatic, fruity juices that foretold magnificent wines, proving once again that nature
and skill combined produce miracles.

Tasting notes
"A beautiful deep, garnet red colour. Concentrated on the first nose, it eveals notes of ripe red fruit. Swirling the wine increases the soothing sensation felt when biting into a lovely, ripe black cherry. The attack is fresh, finely shaped and precise. The wine’s body, without being too ample, develops on firm, tender tannins. Cabernet Sauvignon is predominant and the finish is very aromatic. This is a splendid wine."