TASTING NOTES

TASTING NOTES

TASTING NOTES

74% Sauvignon Blanc, 26% Sémillon. Barrel sample. Fragrant and pure with pin-point precision. All in length and line. Floral, citrus aromas. Delicious fruit but again controlled, the finish pebble-sucking and saline. Atypical white Bordeaux. Could be burgundy – Puligny? JR

TASTING NOTES

From 2.3 ha of clay-limestone on Jacques and Sylvie Guinaudeau of Ch Lafleur's home farm in Mouillac near Fronsac. 75% Sauvignon Blanc picked from 3 to 6 September, 25% Sémillon picked on 31 August and 4 September. Vines replanted in the early 1990s to which were added plants from Sancerre about 20 years later. About half of the Sauvignon Blanc...