Chateau la Garde

Chateau la Garde

Château La Garde is a rising star of the Pessac-Léognan wine appellation owned by the dynamic Bordeaux negociant company Dourthe-Kressman. It is a medium-sized property with 47 hectares of vineyards in, planted with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Sauvignon Blanc.

The Cabernet-dominated red wines are soft, well structured and packed with smooth, ripe fruit which makes them very attractive young, though they also possess good medium-term cellaring potential. The red wines display the true Graves minerality underneath an exuberant cassis-and-plums aroma.

Albeit predominantly a red wine vineyard, it does have at its heart a small patch of land which is more suited to the production of white wine, from which a mere 1,000 cases of exquisitely-scented, vibrant white Bordeaux is produced each year.

What is unique to La Garde is the presence in the vineyard of a parcel of rare Sauvignon Gris, a close cousin of the Sauvignon Blanc but a varietal which yields a slightly richer, rounder character to the finished blend. 50% of the wine comes from this grape and the touch of complexity it imparts lifts this wine above most of its competitors.

The investment made by Dourthe in both vineyard and cellar is now beginning to bear fruit, both figuratively and literally, in the form of exceptional wines of both colours, and any re-assessment of the Pessac-Léognan classification would surely see La Garde feature amongst the Classified Growths.

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New To BBX
1 case £350.00
New To BBX
BBX
2005 Château la Garde, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux
Red
2005
Drink, at peak
Medium Bodied
Dry
13.0% Alcohol
Berry Bros. & Rudd BB&R 12 x 75cl bottles BB&R
Limited availability En Primeur
37 cases £258.00
Limited availability En Primeur
Berry Bros. & Rudd BB&R 6 x 150cl magnums BB&R
Limited availability En Primeur
5 cases £270.00
Limited availability En Primeur
BBX
Bid
2022 Château la Garde Blanc, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux
White
2022
Lay down
Medium Bodied
Dry
12.5% Alcohol
Berry Bros. & Rudd BB&R 12 x 75cl bottles BB&R
Limited availability En Primeur
29 cases £186.00
Limited availability En Primeur
Berry Bros. & Rudd BB&R 6 x 150cl magnums BB&R
Limited availability En Primeur
5 cases £198.00
Limited availability En Primeur
BBX
Bid
2022 Château la Garde, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux
Red
2022
Lay down
Medium Bodied
Dry
13.0% Alcohol
Berry Bros. & Rudd BB&R 12 x 75cl bottles BB&R
Limited availability En Primeur
1 case £186.00
Limited availability En Primeur
BBX
Bid
2021 Château la Garde Blanc, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux
White
2021
Lay down
Medium Bodied
Dry
12.5% Alcohol