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Neal Martin - The Wine Advocate #227, Oct 2016
About this WINE
Guinaudeau Vignerons
The owners of f Chateau Lafleur in Pomerol, Sylvie and Jacques Guinaudeau, launched in 2009 a new project under the label G Guinaudeau wines. The Bordeaux vineyards, platend with 60% Merlot and 40% Cab. Franc, for the G Guinaudeau wines are located in the Fronsac appellation, but the wines are classified as Bordeaux Superieur. Vinification is traditional in cement vats andwith subsequent ageing in 33% new French oak barrels for 15 months. and the average production is 1,000 cases of wine per year.
The wine is produced in a soft, fruit-laden forward style.
Sauvignon Blanc
An important white grape in Bordeaux and the Loire Valley that has now found fame in New Zealand and now Chile. It thrives on the gravelly soils of Bordeaux and is blended with Sémillon to produce fresh, dry, crisp Bordeaux Blancs, as well as more prestigious Cru Classé White Graves.
It is also blended with Sémillon, though in lower proportions, to produce the great sweet wines of Sauternes. It performs well in the Loire Valley and particularly on the well-drained chalky soils found in Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé, where it produces bone dry, highly aromatic, racy wines, with grassy and sometimes smoky, gunflint-like nuances.
In New Zealand, Cloudy Bay in the 1980s began producing stunning Sauvignon Blanc wines with extraordinarily intense nettly, gooseberry, and asparagus fruit, that set Marlborough firmly on the world wine map. Today many producers are rivalling Cloudy Bay in terms of quality and Sauvignon Blanc is now New Zealand`s trademark grape.
It is now grown very successfully in Chile producing wines that are almost halfway between the Loire and New Zealand in terms of fruit character. After several false starts, many South African producers are now producing very good quality, rounded fruit-driven Sauvignon Blancs.
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The 2013 Les Champs Libres was a little gem out of barrel and now in bottle it is beginning to fulfill its potential. It has a gorgeous apricot blossom and peachy bouquet that is very well defined with a smudge of melted wax developing in the glass. The palate is well balanced and texturally feels rounded in the mouth, adorned with subtle tropical notes, a slither of lemon peel leading to a tensile and vibrant finish. This is an excellent white from the Guinaudeau family of Lafleur fame.
Neal Martin - The Wine Advocate #227, Oct 2016
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