Château Grand Village

Château Grand Village, Blanc, Bordeaux, 2018

Name: Château Grand Village, Blanc, Bordeaux
Brand: Château Grand Village
Price: 158.74 GBP

92/100

Inside Bordeaux

90/100

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2018
75cl
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£26.59
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2018
6x75cl
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£158.74

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

A very fine, intense white Bordeaux from the Guinaudeau family of Chateau Lafleur fame in Pomerol. A blend of 75% Sauvignon Blanc and 25% Semillon – the Sauvignon Blanc component originating from a clone in Sancerre that produces a less varietal and more nuanced wine. Restrained and quite savoury on the nose at first, bursting into life on the palate with an electric mix of white currant and citrus fruit, fused with more mineral tones of dry stones and salt characteristics. The Semillon adds some structure and body to the wine, as well as adding to the flavour profile with a ripe nectarine touch as well as complex herbal element. Mouth-watering and complex.

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Critic Reviews

92/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Stone fruits, tense and nervy edges, with a saline lick through the finish, somehow seems to come from a fresher vintage than 2018. I could easily have put the big sibling Les Champs Libre in this spot, as it is one of my favourite dry whites from Bordeaux, but it is worth checking out the less expensive Grand Village. The same family attention to detail (as you would expect from the Guinaudeau family of Château Lafleur), and pretty much the perfect moment to drink. From vines on clay-limestone soils just to the northwest of Fronsac, grown at the home of Jacques and Sylvie Guinaudeau, with a significant part of the Sauvignon Blanc vines coming from Sancerre-sourced, massal-selected plants. 20% new oak.

drinking window 2021 - 2026

date of review 10/2021

90/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2018 Le Blanc du Grand Village includes fruit from a massal selection taken from a parcel known as "acacia" that has gone into Les Champs Libres. The bouquet is very similar to its showing from barrel, featuring gorgeous, pure honeysuckle, walnut and light orange blossom scents. The palate is beautifully balanced, with subtle tropical notes (nectarine and passion fruit) and gooseberry commingling with a dab of ginger on the finish. Excellent.

drinking window 2021 - 2030

date of review 03/2021

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Specifications

Country:

France

Region:

Bordeaux

Appellation:

Bordeaux Blanc

Producer:

Château Grand Village

style:

White Wine

Grape Variety:

Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

abv:

13.5%

allergen information

This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.