- Château La Mission Haut-Brion 2023 has been released at £2,220 per 12×75.
- Neal Martin awarded the wine a barrel score of 93-95 points.
- Buyers looking for value might consider the 2018, 2019 and 2020 vintages.
As part of this year’s Bordeaux En Primeur campaign, Château La Mission Haut-Brion 2023 has been released at €180 per bottle ex-négociant, down 31.8% on the 2022 release (€264 per bottle).
It is being offered by the international trade for £2,220 per 12×75, a 30.2% decrease on the 2022’s opening price (£3,180 a case).
For those interested in back-vintage opportunities, the 2018, 2019 and 2020 vintages offer good value. More pricing analysis below.
Critical response
Though describing the wine as ‘very fine and delicious’, Neal Martin (Vinous) ‘would not place the 2023 in the canon of top vintages’. He awarded it a barrel range of 93-95 points.
Antonio Galloni (Vinous) gave a score of 92-95 points, describing the wine as ‘dense and powerful’. He added that ‘the firm tannins give a feeling of sternness – a sense of classical austerity that is beguiling’.
Yohan Castaing (The Wine Advocate) awarded a score of 94-96 points, describing aromas of ‘ripe red fruits, dark wild berries, spring flowers, burning embers and lilac’.
Pricing Analysis
Using Liv-ex’s ‘Fair Value’ methodology, Market Prices for Château La Mission Haut-Brion are 72.0% correlated to Neal Martin scores. As shown by the chart below, today’s release is coming to the market above the regression line.
The 98-point 2019 and 2020 each fall below the regression line, making them Fair Value. The 2019 in particular is available at the same price as today’s release (£2,220). With three years in-bottle and a nod from Neal Martin as ‘exceptional,’ the 2019 seems quite compelling.
At £1,450 per 12×75, the slightly lower-rated 2014 may offer reasonable value to buyers, it is available at a discount of 34.7% to today’s release.
The 2016 vintage, though last traded at a premium to today’s release (£2,680), may also be of interest to fans of Martin, who awarded the wine his highest score of the past decade – 99 points.
Use our ready-made list to easily spot opportunities in back-vintages of Château La Mission Haut-Brion and other Bordeaux wines.
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Liv-ex analysis is drawn from the world’s most comprehensive database of fine wine prices. The data reflects the real time activity of Liv-ex’s 620+ merchant members from across the globe. Together they represent the largest pool of liquidity in the world – currently £100m of bids and offers across 20,000 wines.
