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White Blend

White Blend is a catch-all category for white grape blends that are not based upon a traditional regional composition. Assemblage information can be found either in the wine’s designation, review text or on the producer’s Web site. You can use Wine Enthusiast’s online Buying Guide to find the top-rated White Blends among our extensive White Blend wine reviews and easy-to-use database. Our White Blend reviews will give you a general idea what to expect from wines made from White Blends, and will help you find one that best suits your needs.

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Château d'Yquem 2009 Barrel sample White (Sauternes)

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98-100 Barrel sample. The aromas are so rich and powerful, with great ripe apricots. There are honey, spice and beautiful sweet spiced pears. This is an extraordinary wine in an extraordinary year in Sauternes.  — R.V.  (8/9/2010)
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Dolce 2006 Semillon-Sauvignon Blanc (Napa Valley)

  1. $85
Enthusiast 100 2011
With this wine, Dolce cements its status as California’s most consistently great dessert wine. This year’s blend is 80% Sémillon and 20% Sauvignon Blanc, and the grapes were infected with the botrytis, resulting in the fantastic sweetness. Devastating in apricot, orange, pear, honey, vanilla and créme brûlée flavors, in an unctuous, viscous texture, with…  — S.H.  (6/1/2011)
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Château Climens 2009 Barrel sample White (Barsac)

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97-99 Barrel sample. A tasting from several barrels, because the chateau has not made the final blend, so the rating is provisional. But the wine is so rich, with an almost perfect balance of acidity and ripeness, allied to a complete purity of honeyed botrytis. However the final wine turns out, it will be magnificent.  — R.V.  (8/9/2010)
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Château Climens 2007 White (Barsac)

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  1. $200
A big, rich wine, showing its gorgeous fruit easily. But with a core of dryness, the ripest apricots touched by caramel, it should age well over many years. There is intense power here, still hidden by the youth of the wine, but with final concentration.  — R.V.  (6/1/2010)
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Château Haut-Brion 2007 White (Pessac-Léognan)

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  1. $800
Top 100 Cellar Selections 2011
The palate opens slowly, offering an initial citrus character, followed by wood and then, finally, wonderfully rich, but taut fruit. There is still a toast character here, with apricots and pear on top of the citrus, but it is still only just developing. In 10–15 years, it will be a magnificent wine.  — R.V.  (12/15/2010)
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Château d'Yquem 2010 Barrel sample White (Sauternes)

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96-98. Stunningly rich in character, a wine with great power to go with its acidity and sweetness. It is dense, powerful and concentrated powered by honey and by spice from the wood. The finish has dried apricots, very aromatic.  — R.V.  (6/25/2011)
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Château la Tour Blanche 2009 Barrel sample White (Sauternes)

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96-98 Barrel sample. A powerful, complex wine, its layers of sweetness mixed with a total dryness from botrytis. The wine is impressively rich, considerably inspired by dried fruits and spice. Certainly for aging over decades.  — R.V.  (8/9/2010)
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Château d'Yquem 2005 White (Sauternes)

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  1. $800
This isn’t sweet, but just so wonderfully rich. It’s the concentration of botrytis that makes the wine. The texture is velvet, but with a spicy bite to it. Apricot, honey and marzipan all contribute to a wine that will age over decades.  — R.V.  (12/1/2009)
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