Produced by Jonathan Maltus, who also makes the superstar Saint-Emilion wine, Le Dôme, this is a beautifully crafted wine that brings together tropical fruits, flavors of quince and creamy vanilla. There is some good acidity, despite the hot year, which brings everything into balance.
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(6/1/2005)
A low-production, low-yield white from a vineyard in the Entre-deux-Mers region of Bordeaux. The result tastes more like a Pessac-Léognan, with its rich, creamy apple and pear flavors, its new wood and its concentration. Great acidity provides the essential backbone to this rich wine.
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(6/1/2007)
Toasty, creamy, almost Burgundian in its richness, this wood and tropical fruit dominated wine is rich and full, but has also managed to preserve freshness. Alongside the acidity, there is concentration, and a lively twist of green herbs.
— R.V.
(6/1/2008)
89-91 Barrel sample. A great, fresh fruity wine, packed with grapefruit and lime, topped by yellow fruits, the finish with a waft of acidity. A well-structured, but eminently fruity wine.
— R.V.
(12/31/2009)
89-91 Barrel sample. Very fresh. With just a light touch of wood spice, and a great burst of citrus, grapefruit, a little lychee from Muscadelle.
— R.V.
(8/9/2010)
89–91. Barrel sample. This is a delicious, spicy wine that glories in its peach and pear flavors. Opulent in style, the wine is ripe and rounded with just a twist of grapefruit acidity.
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(4/10/2013)