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Le Grand Chai Réserve Blanc 2016
Bordeaux AOC
View awards
- Gold, China Wine & Spirits Best Value Awards, 2019
- Gold, Catavinum World Wine & Spirits Competition, 2019
- Gold, Berliner Wine Trophy, 2019
Bordeaux enjoyed another 5-Star vintage in 2016, so good that Le Chai winemaker Jean-Marc felt the intense, honeyed, citrus fruit could manage a long stay in oak. This is a wonderful balance of crisp, grassy, peach flavour and subtle vanilla spice.
Bordeaux enjoyed another 5-Star vintage in 2016, so good that Le Chai winemaker Jean-Marc felt the intense, honeyed, citrus fruit could manage a long stay in oak. This is a wonderful balance of crisp, grassy, peach flavour and subtle vanilla spice.
Beyond the Label
Tasting notes
Good creamy, toasty spice weight cut through by lemon and grassy notes
Aroma
Grassy hints, peach and with notes of oaky spice
Allergy information
Contains sulphites
More information
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White - Dry
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Mid gold
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12.5% ABV
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9.38 Units
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750.00 ml
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31 December, 2021
Our Trophy winning Sauvignon winemaker at Le Chai, Jean-Marc Sauboua, is delighted with his Réserve Blanc. 2016 was a top vintage for Bordeaux whites, but even then he insisted on the very highest calibre grapes – half Sauvignon with half old vine Sémillon, fermenting the former in stainless steel to preserve the vivacious, grassy fruit, and the latter all in oak. He’d planned just a four month stay in barrel for this luxurious white, but in the end plumped for a year and a half, it was that good. Its flavours are beautifully married now – fresh herbaceous and citrus notes seamlessly integrated with the creamy vanilla from the barrels. It’s very much a food wine, best served gently chilled with sauced fine fish or white meats dishes.
For the 2015 vintage
