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par Matthew Jukes le 25/04/2017
(42 Cabernet Sauvignon, 36.5 Merlot, 21.5 Cabernet Franc) | 23% new oak | 13.8% alc. | 65 IPT | Harvested between 19 September - 14 October
This is a stunning La Chapelle with very expressive fruit and really sensual, open, floral tones. Beautifully aromatic and really inviting, this is a bouquet of a bouquet which is fascinating and enthralling. The tannins are really bright, punchy, fresh and clean and this lifts the whole wine to another level. This is a forward wine and it is stunning. It is unprecedent- ed for me to award a Grand Vin and a Second wine the same score, but the two wines from La Mission are so different and so engaging that I cannot resist it in this vintage. I judge all wines on flavour and not on label or indeed whether they are first, second, third or last. In this instance this is one of my favourite, early-drinking wines of the vintage and it thoroughly warrants its massive score. 18.5