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Chateau Langlet
Ch. Langlet is situated in the Cabanac-Villagrains commune in southern Graves. It’s one of the oldest vineyards in the appellation, able to trace its history back to at least 1868.
The estate was acquired in 1999 by the Kressmann family, prominent in Bordeaux and best known as the owners of Ch. Latour-Martillac, a leading classified growth in Pessac-Léognan.
Valérie Vialard, Latour-Martillac’s winemaker, consults at Langlet. The 8.6-hectare estate produces a red and white Graves.
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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Description
100% Sauvignon Blanc and partly matured in the barrel. Quite rare.
On the nose, exotic fruits, perhaps even a touch of mango, citrus fruits, and a fantastic florality. A little grassy. Not to underestimate its weight and interest on the palate however, where the time in oak comes into its own. It could be enjoyed on its own or with food. The acidity would complement something rich, like a Mushroom Risotto or a Chicken dish. Drink it over a picnic or in your home. It will evoke images of cornflowers and meadows either way. In a word; summer.
Alice Brandon, Personal Wine Advisor
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