Château
Château La Tour Haut-Brion
A classified growth of the Graves that lived beside La Mission Haut-Brion under the same owners and ended with the 2005 vintage, when its wine went into La Chapelle de La Mission Haut-Brion.
- Appellation
- Pessac-Léognan
The estate
La Tour Haut-Brion was 1 of the 16 growths of the first Graves classification, which the INAO published in 1953 and adjusted in 1959. It was an associated wine of La Mission Haut-Brion, and in 1983 it came with La Mission, and with Laville Haut-Brion, to Domaine Clarence Dillon. The 2005 was its last vintage; from then on its wine went into La Chapelle de La Mission Haut-Brion, the second wine of La Mission. The classification caught up in 2014, when La Tour Haut-Brion and Laville Haut-Brion were merged into Château La Mission Haut-Brion and the list came down to 14 growths.
At a glance
- Appellation
- Pessac-Léognan
- Classification
- Cru Classé de Graves, 1953 and 1959; merged into Château La Mission Haut-Brion in 2014
- Last owners
- Domaine Clarence Dillon, from 1983
- Wines
- Château La Tour Haut-Brion, last vintage 2005; then part of La Chapelle de La Mission Haut-Brion
- Now part of
- Château La Mission Haut-Brion
Sources: Domaine Clarence Dillon, the sale of Château La Mission Haut-Brion wines from the cellars, October 30, 2024 · Domaine Clarence Dillon, the history · Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux, the Graves classification · Syndicat Viticole de Pessac-Léognan, the Crus Classés de Graves
The record
Château La Tour Haut-Brion was a Cru Classé de Graves; its vineyard is now part of Château La Mission Haut-Brion.
The classification of the Graves was approved in 1953 and completed in 1959. It has a single rank and 2 lists, red and white, and an estate may be classified for one and not the other.
Source: Syndicat Viticole de Pessac-Léognan, the Crus Classés de Graves
Cru Classé
By invitation only.
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