A.O.C Bordeaux
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A crisp, dry white wine, made from the 25 acres of Sauvignon Blanc vines that surround the Château. Our Bordeaux Blanc has been the house white at Gordon Ramsay’s three Michelin star restaurant for twelve vintages on the trot, a ‘special selection’ of Rick Stein’s for a decade and, more recently, the prestige house white at the Hotel du Vin. 'De-lish'
'Bottled under screwcap. This is 100% Sauvignon Blanc in this vintage. A very varietal and fruit-dominated style here, with yellow capsicum underpinning the notes of peach and tangerine. The palate carries the same characteristics, defined and reinforced by the slightly pungent, gooseberry, capsicum character. Lots of vivacity here, but also some substance, a sandy weight to it, and a pithy, bitter-fruit finish. Attractive.
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Region - Bordeaux
A crisp, dry white wine, made from Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon vines that surround the Château. This is Sauvignon Blanc with a splash of Semillon. The classic Bordeaux white blend. The Semillon adds a touch of longevity to the upfront youthful zestiness of the Sauvignon Blanc. A very varietal and fruit-dominated style here, with yellow capsicum underpinning the notes of white peach. The palate carries the same characteristics, defined and reinforced by the slightly pungent gooseberry character. Attractive.
Vintage - 2015
Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon are the two classic white grapes of Bordeaux. Although we make wines from both varieties separately, we combined the two for this limited bottling of a dry white, made from fruit sourced from our younger vines. Easy drinking and tasty.
SICCHGUI
Château Guiraud is committed to the production of traditional Sauternes, but also produces this dry Bordeaux Blanc. Currently 15 of the Château's 100 hectares are currently used for the production of this interesting wine. Taste An excellent dry white, giving crisp, gooseberry and nettle aromas combined with soft honey and blossom. Well balanced on the palate, with a refreshing finish.
90-91 : Neal Martin for erobertparker.com has given our G de Château Guiraud 2014 an excellent score.
The G de Guiraud 2014 has quite a complex bouquet with lively citrus fruit intermixed with sea cave scents. There is something marine-like here. The palate is well balanced with crisp acidity, appreciable weight in the mouth with light green apple and spice notes emerging toward the finish. This is how to do dry white Sauternes.
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SICCHRAG
The wine estate of Château Les Ragottes dates from the nineteenth century, but remains of a vineyard going back to the Gallo-Roman period have found in immediate proximity to it. The Orsini family settled here in 1943. At that time, the estate consisted of 3 hectares of vines. Down the years, the family steadily developed its winegrowing business and now, two generations of dedicated winegrowers later, the estate has grown to 18 hectares.
Beautiful red hue with garnet tints. Here, this already legendary vintage has produced a wine with an expressive nose and a supple, fleshy palate prolonged by elegant, harmonious tannins. Best drunk some years after vintage over a festive meal – a barbecue for example – or a generous cheese board. To drink from 2013
SICCLOLUNE
Starting several years ago, Olivier Bernard and the team at Domaine de Chevalier made a strong commitment to Clos des Lunes, an ancient vineyard in Sauternes, among the finest in Bordeaux. Relying on an intimate relationship with the terroir, the ultimate aim is to create one of the greatest dry white wines on the market.
Clos des Lunes – A great white wine – in Sauternes- one of the greatest white wine terroirs in France………..
A magnificient rolling vineyards planted with old Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc vines. The terroir in this vineyard has two key features: on the Sauternes side, it consists of deep gravel, where the vines become deep-rooted, giving the POWER, and with the magnificently complementary gravel on clay-limestone subsoil on the Bommes side which gives the FRESHNESS.
The 33 hectares of vines are planted on several gravel rises, with optimum explosure to the sun and naturally good drainage. Old Sémillon loves these conditions…. THE GRAPES ARE PICKED BY HAND IN SEVERAL WAVES, AS THEY REACH PERFECT RIPENESS... We use the same tried-and-tested method for picking white grapes at Clos des Lunes as we do on our other estates: very strict selection of golden grapes, picked only in the morning by experienced harvesters.
A DEDICATED WINEMAKING TEAM, WHOSE KNOW-HOW IS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED… This wine is from the same stable as white Domaine de Chevalier: expressive of its terroir, bursting with fruit, pure aromas, and elegance... TOTAL RESPECT FOR OUR TERROIR AND ITS FRUIT … Our philosophy has always been: A great wine is always made from superb grapes. Attentively tasting and evaluating each lot means that the final blend can be made in an extremely precise way. Clos des Lunes produces three different wines: Lune Blanche, le plaisir immédiat nice to drink young and to enjoy on its fruit,
Bright and crystalline gold color. This Clos des Lunes, Lunes has an intense nose of peach, acacia flowers, exotic and delicate fragrances with a vibrant mineral complexity, sign of the great gravels terroirs. On the palate, fruity and subtle caress of the attack gives way to a fee-ling of power and delicacy. Semillon aspires to impose itself but the airy nature of Sauvignon domi-nates and we are carried away by the long waltz of the two varieties in a context of various and refined flavors. Few years in the cellar will reveal the full potential of the dry Bordeaux.
SICMD
This family-owned estate lies on a limestone plateau in the village of Juillac near Castillon la Bataille. Born into a family which had rented the property for 3 generations, Pierre Ciroli purchased it in 2000. Pierre Ciroli does all the viticultural and winemaking work on the estate, shouldered by his two sons who will be taking up the reins of the business after him. The greatest possible attention is paid to the vines and no effort is spared to ensure that tradition is respected in this vineyard of human dimensions.
GRAPE VARIETIES 60% Merlot Noir – 25% Cabernet Franc – 15% Cabernet Sauvignon TERROIR The vines are planted on south-facing slopes. The soil is made up of clay, limestone and rock.
TASTING NOTES The product of one of the greatest Bordeaux vintages, this wine offers all the elegance and refinement typical of a Bordeaux grand vin. Clad in an elegant dark red hue, it unveils a pleasing bouquet of blackcurrant mixed with fresh, earthy notes. The palate displays fine balance between the generous fruit and silky tannins. A fresh, fruity wine to enjoy over a festive meal of rib of beef or shoulder of lamb, or cheese. AGEING
Drinking nicely now, but will continue to improve for several years after vintage. Blend 60% Merlot Noir - 25% Cabernet Franc - 15% Cabernet Sauvignon
SICSIR
Sirius is a modern Bordeaux both in style and presentation, a wine of the finest quality with fullness and depth of a typical Bordeaux. The majority of the grapes are vinified in the traditional Bordeaux way: the bunches are totally de-stemmed and the grapes fermented, in vat, at between 27 and 32oC to extract colour and tannins. There follows a period of vatting (15-21 days) to give the wines their characteristic Bordeaux structure and the potential to age well. To maximize the fruit, however, the remaining proportion of grapes undergoes carbonic maceration. Once the different vats are blended, Sirius is aged in French oak barriques for 12 months.
The bouquet is expressive and intense, redolent of ripe blackcurrant and redcurrant and mild spice, with an elegant touch of vanilla and toast. The fat, fruity tannins on attack turn to succulence against a balanced mid-palate of chewy extract, adding remarkable silkiness and crispness to the wine. Superb, lingering finish. A very fine Bordeaux, without any shadow of a doubt..