Iron Gate Fine Wine Auction
Tue, Sep 16, 2025 10:00AM EDT - Tue, Sep 23, 2025 08:00PM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 72
1979 Chateau La Mission Haut Brion Pessac Leognan - 12 bottle(s)-750ml
Estimate: CAD$4,800 - CAD$7,200
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This lot is comprised of 12 bottle(s) of 1979 Chateau La Mission Haut Brion Pessac Leognan - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $4800 - $7200 with a reserve of $3750. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11628.
Please note the following condition in this lot -Scuffed Label.
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This Ontario based consignor is a lifelong wine enthusiast who began building his collection in the 1970s. Despite humble beginnings, he developed a deep appreciation for wine early on, especially French vintages. Over the years, he amassed hundreds of bottles and traveled with his family to wine regions around the world to explore the people, land, and craft behind each bottle. In every home, he built a wine cellar maintained at 11–12°C with stable humidity. A personal touch: he always covered the floor in small pebbles to help prevent bottles from breaking if dropped. Now, after decades of collecting, he is ready to share many of these exceptional wines so others can enjoy and appreciate them as he has.
The score for 1979 Chateau La Mission Haut Brion Pessac Leognan is 89 from Robert Parker and the tasting note - Dark plum/garnet-tinged with some amber at the edge, the 1979 offers up notes of garrigue, truffles, damp earth, hints of iodine and seaweed (which I associate more with wines made within 100 kilometers of the Mediterranean coastline, not the Atlantic Ocean), sweet currants, plums, cherries, cedar and roasted herbs. This medium-bodied, elegant, fully mature 1979 is a lighter version of La Mission than the 1978, but, for the vintage, it is a dramatic, authoritative effort. Decent acidity remains and the tannins have largely disappeared. There is good aromatic complexity, but a slight superficiality and fading fruit in the finish suggest consumption over the next decade is warranted as this wine is unlikely to improve with additional age. Additional scores for the wine in this lot - CellarTracker 90 points .
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