Les Champs Libres, Guinaudeau
    Château Grand Village

    Les Champs Libres, Guinaudeau, 2019

    95/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    95/100
    Robert Parker Wine Advocate
    92/100
    The Wine Independent
    93/100
    Vinous
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    1. Last Few

      2019

      75cl

      DP

      £51.85

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    Critic Reviews

    92/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
    The Wine Independent
    The 2019 Les Champs Libres, 95% Sauvignon Blanc and 5% Semillon, requires a lot of swirling to bring out notes of fresh lemon peel, elderflower, and white peaches, plus suggestions of white pepper and allspice. The medium-bodied palate reveals a crisp backbone and tight-knit, chalky flavors, finishing zesty. It needs time!
    drinking window 2023 - 2034
    date of review 05/2023
    93/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2019 Les Champs Libres conveys composure on the nose, touches of pear, Granny Smith and menthol, fine cohesion, quite flattering at this early stage. The palate is well-balanced with a touch of reduction on the entry, fine acidity, a lot of extract here with white peach and apricot towards its toasty, sesame-tinged finish. Wonderful. Tasted blind at the Southwold annual tasting.
    drinking window 2024 - 2038
    date of review 02/2023
    95/100
    William Kelley,
    Robert Parker Wine Advocate
    The Les Champs Libres 2019 Blanc wafts from the glass with notes of lime blossom, citrus zest, wet stones and pastry cream. Medium to full-bodied, taut and incisive, it's chalky and concentrated, with racy acids, lovely structuring dry extract and a long, mineral finish. It's produced from Sancerrois massal selections of Sauvignon Blanc (and now a tiny percentage of Semillon, too) planted on deep clay soils on the slopes at Grand Village, the Guinaudeau family having sagely concluded that clay is as essential to a great white wine as limestone. Like many of this family's wines, it makes a mockery of Bordeaux's traditional hierarchy.
    drinking window 2021 - 2039
    date of review 04/2022
    95/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    Peach, nectarine, citrus, slate and oyster shell aromatics make you salivate even before you taste the wine. This is followed by grip and poise on the palate, with pummice stone scraping from the first moment, with a curl of gunsmoke reduction. It evolves in the glass, showing tension and balance, along with creamy citrus fruits. Just love this wine, increasingly setting the pace for white Bordeaux and truly worth seeking out. 100% Sancerre genetics for the Sauvignon Blanc, vinified entirely in new oak, in a mix of Burgundy barrels and larger-sized oak casks. Harvest September 6 to 9. From the same family as Château Lafleur in Pomerol.
    drinking window 2022 - 2032
    date of review 01/2022

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    Bordeaux Blanc
    Grape Variety:
    Sauvignon Blanc
    abv:
    14%

    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.