Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc, Pessac-Leognan, France 2017 Ballard Canyon Josep and Joan d'Anguera craft

Josep and Joan d'Anguera craft this old vine Garnacha from vineyards that have been planted in Montsant since the 1820s

and a marvelous finish

Both of them architects who initially moved to Barcelona for that reason

Medium-bodied and fruit-forward with a velvety texture and ripe tannins

Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc, Pessac-Leognan, France 2017 Ballard Canyon Josep and Joan d'Anguera craftFor me this is the wine of the vintage. Both of the whites in the Haut Brion stable are exceptionally well sculpted and finessed, but this has the aromatic edge. It has a powerful, intense concentration of flavours, hemmed in by slate walls that make you slow down and inch your way through the palate and I am more than happy to go as slow as possible. The cool nights over the summer have been very kind to these grapes; they are in full control, with