Le Clarte de Haut Brion, Pessac Léognan, 2023
Yields were good for the whites at the Haut Brion and Mission stables, averaging 50-55 hl / ha, however selection was strict for the top wines and production was restricted to the habitual 400 cases of each. Clarte was the beneficiary, a bigger production than normally and a particularly fine example is the result. Crystal clear, clean lemon zest and grapefruit flavours mixed with crushed salt touches adding tang. Focused, zesty and even keeled. A lively and particularly precise Clarté. A blend of 56.3% Sauvignon Blanc 43.7% Semillon.
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A blend of 56.3% Sauvignon Blanc and 43.7% Semillon, La Clarte de Haut Brion 2023 has a pH of 3.2. It zips out of the glass with electric scents of fresh limes, yuzu, and green mango, leading to hints of chalk dust and white pepper. Medium-bodied, the palate delivers a crisp line to cut through the intense citrus layers, finishing long and chalky.
Effortless, well balanced, white peach, juicy pear, delicious, sculpted and extremely easy to love. 3.2ph, 40% new oak. A test with shade cloths to provide cover for the berries on a small part of the white vineyard is underway, as the team under Jean-Philippe Delmas reacts to the changing conditions.
The 2023 La Clarté de Haut-Brion has quite an intense and lively bouquet: Granny Smith apples, pear and light, slate-like aromas. The palate is fresh on the entry with fine depth, perhaps needing a little more tension on the mid-palate, but this feels long and tender. It will drink after just one or two years.
Aromas of smoke, white fruits and ripe orchard fruits preface the 2023 La Clarte de Haut-Brion blanc, a medium-bodied, round and supple wine that is fruity and elegant on the finish. This is a blend of 56.3% Sauvignon Blanc and 43.7% Semillon.
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