Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
This is a pretty white with sliced-pear and pineapple character. Bright and lively acidity backs up the ripe fruit.
Range: 92-93 -
Decanter
This is delicious and easily one of the best of the Graves whites. It has a clear juiciness to it, and a stone fruit lusciousness with good persistency making you want to pour yourself a large glass - a good success in the vintage. This is the first vintage for the new, 24-year-old cellar master Aude Dupuy, and bodes extremely well. Barrel ageing on the lees. 50% new oak was used.
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Wine Enthusiast
Crisply herbal, this is also a ripe wine. Acidity and freshness are balanced by rich white-stone fruit and spice flavors. Over the medium term it will develop into a delicious wine
Cellar Selection
Sometimes light and crisp, other times rich and creamy, Bordeaux White Blends typically consist of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon. Often, a small amount of Muscadelle or Sauvignon Gris is included for added intrigue. Popularized in Bordeaux, the blend is often mimicked throughout the New World. Somm Secret—Sauternes and Barsac are usually reserved for dessert, but they can be served before, during or after a meal. Try these sweet wines as an aperitif with jamón ibérico, oysters with a spicy mignonette or during dinner alongside hearty Alsatian sausage.
Famous for both its red and white wines, Graves is a large region, extending 30 miles southeast of the city of Bordeaux, along the left bank of the Garonne River. Red wine producing vineyards cover well over three times as much area as the whites. In the late 1980s, the French created the separate appellation of Pessac-Léognan within the northern confines of Graves. It includes all of its most famous properties, and the southern suburbs of the city Bordeaux itself. In French "graves" is a term used to indicate gravelly soils.