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Les Champs Libres (by Lafleur) 2019

RegionBordeaux
Subregion France > Bordeaux
ColourWhite
TypeStill
Grape VarietySauvignon Blanc

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Tasting Notes

The Les Champs Libres 2019 Blanc wafts from the glass with notes of lime blossom, citrus zest, wet stones and pastry cream. Medium to full-bodied, taut and incisive, it's chalky and concentrated, with racy acids, lovely structuring dry extract and a long, mineral finish. It's produced from Sancerrois massal selections of Sauvignon Blanc (and now a tiny percentage of Sémillon, too) planted on deep clay soils on the slopes at Grand Village, the Guinaudeau family having sagely concluded that clay is as essential to a great white wine as limestone. Like many of this family's wines, it makes a mockery of Bordeaux's traditional hierarchy.
Drink Date 2021 - 2039

95
William Kelley, RobertParker.com (April 2022), April 2022

This is very intense and powerful with dried apple, pear and aniseed. Crushed stone, too. Full-bodied and rather chewy with phenolics and intensity. A real sense of soil and depth. Draws you down. Fantastic finish. 95% sauvignon blanc (95% Sancerre clone), and 5% semillon. Tiny production. Drinkable now, but better in two or three years.

95
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, February 2022

The 2019 Les Champs Libres is made from 95% Sauvignon Blanc and 5% Semillon. It springs from the glass with notes of gold apples, lemon curd, sea spray, and lime blossoms with a waft of struck flint. Medium-bodied, it has super intense, tightly knit citrus and mineral layers and with a racy line, finishing long and steely.

95
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, The Wine Independent, May 2022

From the Guinaudeau family of Château Lafleur in Pomerol, the 2019 Les Champs Libres Blanc is all Sauvignon raised in new barrels. It's another remarkable white from this team that brings richness and depth as well as freshness, balance, and elegance. Caramelized grapefruits, orange blossom, chalky mineral, and white flowers, as well as hints of green almond, all emerge from this beauty and it's medium-bodied, has good concentration, and racy acidity. It's going to benefit from a year or three of bottle age and evolve gracefully for over a decade.

94
Jeb Dunnuck, JebDunnuck.com, April 2022
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