Château La Clarière Blanc 2021
Bordeaux AOC
Berliner Wine Trophy, (Gold Medal)Catavinum World Wine & Spirits Competition, (Gold Medal)Catavinum World Wine & Spirits Competition, (93 Points)China Wine & Spirits Awards (CWSA), (Gold Medal)Catavinum World Wine & Spirits Competition, (Gold Medal)China Wine & Spirits Best Value Awards, (Double Gold Medal)
Tony Laithwaite has long wanted to make an estate white at La Clarière, but traditionally Bordeaux's Castillon is all about reds. Now, with some top vineyards he's crafted this triple-Gold, oak-fermented, lees-aged white. Citrusy, spiced and long.
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White Wine Details
- White - Dry
- Fine wine
France- Light gold
- Sauvignon-based blend
- 9.38 Units
- 12.5% ABV
- 750 ml
- 31 December 2031
Flavour Profile
Tasting notes
Rounded creamy stone fruit, bright acidity, toasty oak, grassy, spice
Aroma
Creamy peach, toasty vanilla, citrus, grassy herbaceous
Allergy information
Contains Sulphites
The White Wine
Lying on Bordeaux’s Right Bank, Castillon is known for its clarets. Indeed the appellation may only produce red wines, but that hasn’t stopped the team at Château La Clarière wanting to make a white of equally fine standing. So they planted two vineyards on the estate, on terroir particularly suited to white grapes, with both Sauvignons Gris and Blanc, and have reaped the awards ever since – a Trophy and 11 Golds in the last three vintages. Blended from bright Sauvignon Blanc and richer Sauvignon Gris, oak fermented and lees aged for almost a year in part-new oak barrels, it's reminiscent of the grand wines of Pessac Léognan. Best enjoyed from spring 2023, with sauced white meat or fish. Or cellar to allow layers of complexity to develop.
"Give this white just a bit of time and it'll bowl you over. Citrus-charged, herbaceous and spiced"
Jean-Marc Sauboua
