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Subregion | France > Bordeaux > Left Bank > Pessac-Léognan |
Colour | White |
Type | Still |
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""Tasted at the UGC in London. This has a ripe nose with touches of grapefruit, greengage, lemon, a touch of pineapple and lychee. Good lift and definition. The palate is delightful with fresh green lemon, pear and greengage, superb balance and vitality with a refreshing, beautifully poised finish with tangible minerality coming through on the aftertaste. Excellent! Drink 2011-2018. Tasted November 2009.""
Aromas of bananas, apples and lemons follow through to a full body, with exotic fruit and a crisp finish. Layered and stylish
Sweet, rich, heady nose. Big and broad and heavy and almost sweet. Good citrus (lime) acidity too. Interesting and not just run of the mill. . . Massive richness - ambitious! Drink 2010-14
Bright, pale yellow. Knockout nose offers lemon drop, pineapple, white flowers and minerals. Dense, lush and sweet but leavened by piquant acidity; offers a rare combination of silky volume and inner-mouth energy and perfume. Lovely intensity of lemon and pineapple flavor. Finishes quite firm, even a bit youthfully bitter, but with terrific length and lift. I can't recall a more promising white wine from this property.
Honeyed aromas. Sweet fruit, moderate acidity and quite noticeable oak. Easy, fresh, with some complexity. Honeyed and appealing. Fairly short term. Drink 2012-18. 3 stars.
This has an intense nose of lemon cheesecake, pineapple, mango and passion fruit. Superb definition. The palate is very well balanced and very powerful, good acidity and tension with vibrant fruits: lemon, grapefruit, passion fruit and a touch of nectarine. The Semillon/Savignon Gris really makes the wine. Great length this is lovely. (A second sample had just a little more spice on the finish but other than that similarly impressive as the château bottle.) Tasted April 2008.