2020, Château Pape Clement Blanc, Grands Crus Classés de GravesBordeaux Blend: Sauvignon Blanc, Smillon, Sauvignon Gris. Offering up notes of crisp nectarine, lemongrass and white flowers, the 2020 Pape Clment Blanc is medium to full bodied, satiny and seamless, with bright acids, attractive purity of fruit and a long, aromatic finish. This is the most elegant white wine produced by this estate over the last decade, and it has turned out well in bottle. 93 William Kelley, Wine Advocate. Pape Clement's 2020 Blanc

baking spices

fine delineation

Ageing is mostly in large oak casks

A beautiful wine combining high acidity and sculpting freshness with concentrated liquorice and feathered tannic hold

The 2021 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Pruliers 1er Cru comes across a little muted on the nose compared to its peers

Vinous - March 2023

but this is entirely successful in terms of harmony

There is vintage imprint here

Firm but silky tannins

If there is one wine readers will absolutely jump on en primeur it is Pichon Comtesse

Fluctuating temperatures over April

A yield of 37hl/ha