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CHATEAU LA MISSION HAUT BRION A History of the Château The vineyard of Château La Mission Haut Brion owes its name, origin and ancient reputation to a congregation called "The Mission Preachers" founded in the 17th century by Saint Vincent de Paul. In 1792, after the Revolution, the property was confiscated and put up for sale as a "national asset" and acquired by Martial-Victor Vaillant. On October 5, 1821, the estate passed into the hands of Celestin Chiapella for 91,000 francs. Chiapella had family ties in New Orleans and soon developed an export trade for the wines of La Mission Haut Brion. By the time Jerome Chiapella sold the estate to the Etablissements Duval in Paris, La Mission and its wine had become well known in France, Great Britain and America. In 1895, Ferdinand de Constans, wine merchant in Bordeaux, bought La Mission. In 1903, he sold it to Victor Coustau, owner of La Tour Haut-Brion and in 1919, Frederic Otto Woltner purchased La Mission. The Woltners brought La Mission into the technological era : they installed, for the first time in Bordeaux (1926), square steel vats with glass-lined interiors. They also improved the quality of the white wine, Laville Haut-Brion. They were close friends of Victor and Marie Coustau, neighbors and owners of Chbteau La Tour Haut-Brion. When Victor Coustau died, as a favour to his widow, the Woltner brothers took over the management of the property. When she died the grateful Marie Coustau bequeathed Château La Tour Haut-Brion, also a classified growth of the Graves, to them. Henri Woltner, Frederic's son, passed away in 1974 leaving la Mission to be managed by family members. The Family ultimately sold La Mission and its two sister properties La Tour Haut Brion and Laville Haut Brion to the Domaine Clarence Dillon, owner of Château Haut Brion, in 1983. "Henri and Fernand (Woltner), the sons of Frederic who had purchased the estate, were sold partners from 1926 until they died in the 1970s. They were brilliant innovative winemakers and managers." MB, Vintage Wine Château La Mission-Haut-Brion--Vintage 1961 Talence (Graves), cru classé Levels: top shoulder; one heavly damp stained label, one bin soiled label, one torn label "Harmonious bouquet with distinctive Graves earthiness, fragrant, liquorice; sweet, powerful, sandy-textured, tannicMocha, chocolate also noted, and great power. Ripe yet with a touch of bitterness. Last tasted at the Weinart tasting in Aschau, Nov 1994 ***** and will go on. " MB, Vintage Wine 2 bottles per lot