Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 25/02/2009
One of Bordeaux''s most attractive second wines is La Chapelle de la Mission, which now incorporates most of what used to be Latour-Haut-Brion. The 2006 La Chapelle de la Mission is a soft, sexy, classic northern Graves with smoky, cedary, herb, black cherry, and black currant notes intermixed with unsmoked cigar tobacco. With medium body as well as a silky texture, it can be drunk over the next decade.

One of Bordeaux's most attractive second wines is La Chapelle de la Mission, which now incorporates most of what used to be Latour-Haut-Brion. The 2006 La Chapelle de la Mission is a soft, sexy, classic northern Graves with smoky, cedary, herb, black cherry, and black currant notes intermixed with unsmoked cigar tobacco. With medium body as well as a silky texture, it can be drunk over the next decade. (89)

Tasted blind at Southwold ’06 Bordeaux tasting. This has developing nicely in bottle with a touch of smoked meats on the nose, with blackberry and leather, then a touch of Chinese tea. The palate is medium-bodied, very fine depth of flavour, grippy, nicely balanced, a little bretty perhaps but a lovely savoury finish. Tasted January 2010.

Red-ruby. Classic aromas of plum, raspberry, tobacco, smoke and warm stones. Sweet, lush and generous but with the brightness of the vintage. In an essentially easygoing style. Finishes broad and soft, with plenty of ripe, mouthcoating tannins and noteworthy persistence.

Pretty tobacco, berry and chocolate aromas lead to a medium body, with fine tannins and a berry and coffee aftertaste. Round and attractive. JS