Primeur 2024, dry white Bordeaux

Dry white, mainly appellation Bordeaux, which is most of the whites not made in Graves or Pessac-Léognan, plus a few rosé's. 

  

2024 Les Griffons de Pichon Baron blanc

Pale lemon yellow. Apples, some citrus, fruit driven, nuanced nose, fruit forward. Fresh acidity, apples, lesmons, citrus, minerals, nuanced, juicy, detailed, long. Saline finish. 92

 

2024 Château Suduiraut Vieilles Vignes

Pale lemon yellow. Apples, some citrus, fruit driven, elegant nose, vanilla, detailed nose. Fresh acidity, apples, some citrus, nuanced, elegant texture, fruit forward, long. 92

 

2024 Château Suduiraut Pur Semillon

Pale lemon yellow. 3000 bottles made. Grapefruits, apples, peach, minerals nose, spices. Fresh acidity, fruit driven, nuanced, minerals, elegant texture, peach apples, faint nutty note, long. 93

 

2024 Lions de Suduiraut Blanc Sec

Pale lemon yellow. Apples, white fruits, nuanced, fruit forward nose. Fresh acidity, apples, citrus, fruit driven, elegant, good length. 88

 

2020 Château Suduiraut Vieilles Vignes

Pale lemon yellow. Apples, peach, fruit forward, nuanced nose, detailed. Bit of petroleum notes. Fresh acidity, apples, peach, minerals, nuanced, touch of nuts, saline, elegant texture, long. 92

 

2024 Le Blanc de Duhart-Milon

Pale lemon yellow. Citrus, apples, some grapefruits and spices nose, detailed.  Fresh acidity, detailed, elegant texture, nuanced, minerals, saline, nuanced, long. 91

 

2024 Aile d'Argent

Pale lemon yellow. Apples, some citrus, detailed nose, elegant, fruit forward, nuanced nose. Fresh acidity, fresh, detailed, some salinity, nuanced, elegant, refreshing, creamy notes, long finish. Gorgeous Aile d'Argent. 94

 

2024 Cos d'Estournel blanc

Pale lemon yellow. Apples, citrus, fruit driven, nuanced, bright, some spices, detailed nose. Fresh acidity, apples, nuanced, elegant, detailed, bright, saline, minerals, lovely tension, long finish. Wonderful. 94

 

2024 Pagodes de Cos blanc

Pale lemon yellow. Apples, lemons, nuanced, fruit forward, detailed nose, citrus. Fresh acidity, sharper, refreshing, detailed, nuanced, bright, elegant, long finish. Saline and faintly smoky. 92

 

2024 Château Doisy Daëne sec

Pale lemon yellow. Citrus, grapefruits, apples, some vanilla and spices nose, nuanced. Fresh acidity, citrus, elegant fruit, lovely tension, nuanced, bright, detailed, long finish. 92

 

2024 Château Doisy Daëne Semillon sur Calcaire

Pale lemon yellow. Citrus, grapefruits, fruit driven and nuanced nose, detailed, somewhat firmer nose. Fresh acidity, citrus, saline, minerals, refreshing, nuanced, detailed, fruit forward, long. 92

 

2024 Baron de Brane Blanc

Pale lemon yellow. Citrus, minerals, fruit forward, nuanced nose, elegant, detailed. Fresh acidity, apples, lemons, minerals, citrus, detailed, nuanced, saline, long 91

 

2024 Brane-Cantenac Blanc

Pale lemon yellow. 2000 bottles made. Apples, peach, some minerals, nuanced, some vanilla and spices, peach notes nose, grapefruits. Fresh acidity, apples, rounded, fruit forward, nuanced, juicy, elegant, creamy, long. 94

 

2023 Brane-Cantenac Blanc

Pale lemon yellow. 5000 bottles made. Apples, citrus, nuanced, some spices and vanilla notes nose, detailed. Fresh acidity, intense, fruit forward, detailed, creamy, saline, lemons, long finish. 93

 

2024 White from Issan

Pale lemon yellow. 1200 bottles or so made. Not yet released, first vintage was 2023, 2024 is planned to be released. Blend of Rousanne, Marsanne, Viognier and Vermentino. Apples, yellos fruits, fruit forward nose, nuanced. Fresh acidity, rounded, saline, nuanced, elegant and fruit forward, gentler texture, good length.  89

 

2024 Pavillon Blanc du Château Margaux

Pale lemon yellow. Citrus, apples, fruit forward, nuanced, elegant, faint of peach notes nose, bright. Fresh acidity, detailed, nuanced, fruit forward, elegant texture, bright, saline, bright, long finish. 94

 

2024 Confidence de Bastor-Lamontage

Pale lemon yellow. Apples, leaner, citrus, fruit forward nose. Fresh acidity, apples, citrus, fruit forward, refreshing, touch bitter. 89

 

2024 Le Blanc de Fontenil

Pale lemon yellow. Apples, some citrus, nuanced, fruit forward nose, detailed. Fresh acidity, elegant texture, apples, grapefruits, nuanced, minerals, saline, long finish. 90

 

2024 Château la Tour Carnet blanc

Pale lemon yellow. Apples, some citrus, fruit forward nose, nuanced. Fresh acidity, elegant texture, nuanced, juicy, refreshing, good length. 89

 

2024 Clarendelle Blanc

Pale lemon yellow. Apples, fruit forward, nuanced nose, leaner. Fresh acidity, rounded, elegant and juicy. 86

 

2024 Stella Solare

Straw yellow. Grapefruits, some tropical fruits, some floral notes nose. Fresh acidity, rounded, fruit forward, juicy, elegant texture, smooth and creamy. 1800 bottles or so made.  93

 

2024 Château Reynon blanc

Pale lemon yellow. Apples, some citrus, lighter nose. Fresh acidity, lively, apples, pears, some citrus, good length.  88

 

2024 Château Laurence Sauvignon Blanc

Pale lemon yellow. Apples, citrus, fresh nose, nuanced, fruit forward, leaner. Fresh acidity, apples, lemons, saline, refreshing, elegant, nuanced, juicy, good length. 88

 

2024 Château Grand Village blanc

Pale lemon yellow. Apples, citrus, fruit forward, nuanced nose, detailed, elegant nose. Fresh acidity, detailed, saline, fruit forward, nuanced, bright and elegant, citrus, long finish. Lots of tension. 92

 

2024 Les Champs Libres

Pale lemon yellow. Apples, citrus, light yellow fruits, detailed, elegant nose, fruit forward. Fresh acidity, detailed, bright, nuanced, juicy, elegant, refreshing, fruit forward, saline, lovely concentration, long.  94

 

2024 Domaine Laurence La Lo Lo

Pale pink. Light nose, red berries, easy going. Fresh acidity, lighter, refreshing. 83

 

2024 Chäteau Haut-Fontenelle rosé

Watery pink. Fresh, apples, some red berries nose. Fresh acidity, refreshing, light red fruits. 84

 

2024 Chäteau Haut-Fontenelle blanc

Pale lemon yellow. Light, apples, citrus, fresh and bright nose. Fresh acidity, apples, leaner, rounded. 85

 

2024 Château de Bellevue Sauvignon Gris

Pale lemon yellow. Apples, lemons, fruit forward, leaner nose, floral. Fruit forward, softer acidity, rounded, good length. 86

 

2024 Château Plain-Point blanc

Pale lemon yellow. Apples, lighter nose, fruit forward if leaner nose. Fresh acidity, rounded, fruit forward, elegant. 85

 

2024 La Fleur de Boüard Sauvignon

Pale lemon yellow. Grapefruits, some citrus, fruit forward nose, light of peach. Fresh acidity, rounded, creamy, fruit forward, elegant texture, nuanced, good length. 89

 

2024 Château de Puymiran Montussan blanc

Pale lemon yellow. Fruit driven, nuanced, floral, nuanced, elegant nose. Fresh acidity, apples, lemons, some citrus, fruit forward, juicy, elegant texture, long. 90