Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion Cru Classe, Pessac-Leognan 1981
Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion · Bordeaux · Pessac-Leognan
LWIN: 1013179
Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion Cru Classe, Pessac-Leognan 1981 sold at auction 13 times in the last five years, at a median of $239 per 750ml; half of those sales fell between $191 and $279. The most recent sale was on February 16, 2026. The lowest retail price today is $146, across 10 retail offers.
Auction median, last 5 yrs
$239
13 sales · $191–279 middle half
Lowest retail now
$146
10 retail offers
Last auction sale
Feb 16
2026
Critic scores
90
Wine Advocate
Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion Cru Classe, Pessac-Leognan, neighbouring vintages
Wine facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Bordeaux
- Sub-region
- Pessac-Leognan
- Type
- Red
- Classification
- Cru Classe
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- Chateau Les Carmes Haut-Brion, Pessac-Leognanavg $121 · 356 sales
- Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte, Blanc, Pessac-Leognanavg $116 · 290 sales
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About Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion
La Mission Haut-Brion, the Domaine Clarence Dillon estate, farms 29 ha of quartz gravel in Talence and Pessac: about 25 ha of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc and just over 4 ha of Sémillon and Sauvignon Blanc. The red grand vin, complex, full-bodied and intense, is blended from about 20 vats, tasted first blind, and aged 18–20 months in barrel, racked about every three months, with new oak adjusted to the vintage. La Chapelle de La Mission, the small-volume second red, comes from younger vines. La Mission Haut-Brion Blanc, the former Laville Haut-Brion, is a dry white the estate calls a wine for insiders, expressing the Sémillon of these terroirs.
- Appellation
- Pessac-Léognan
- Classification
- Cru Classé de Graves (1953)
- Owner
- Domaine Clarence Dillon (since 1983)
- Vineyards
- 29 ha on quartz gravel in Talence and Pessac (~25 ha red, ~4 ha white)
- Grapes
- Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc; Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc
- Wines
- Château La Mission Haut-Brion (red and blanc); La Chapelle de La Mission Haut-Brion; La Clarté de Haut-Brion (shared with Haut-Brion)
- Style
- Complex, full-bodied, intense red aged 18–20 months in barrel
- Website
- https://www.mission-haut-brion.com
Sources: mission-haut-brion.com, Wikipedia