Les Champs Libres, Guinaudeau
    Château Grand Village

    Les Champs Libres, Guinaudeau, 2022

    95/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    92-94/100
    The Wine Independent
    92-94/100
    Vinous
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    1. 2022

      3x75cl

      DP

      £244.76

    Broking
    1. 2022

      3x75cl

      DP

      £220.76

    2. 2022

      3x75cl

      DP

      £226.76

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    Rapidly breaking ground as one of Bordeaux’s most exciting under-the-radar whites, Lafleur’s Les Champs Libres ‘22 is proudly 100% Sauvignon Blanc from majority (80%) Sancerre clonal material. The principal parcel for the blend is planted on profound clay over limestone on the higher plateau, while the remaining 20% of the blend is a parcel called Les Acacias, planted in the 1980s with a Bordeaux clone of Sauvignon. Concentrated, serious and yet somehow more vital and sparkling in its fruit than many, Les Champs Libres is an intellectual proposition, as one teases out notes of lemon, tangerine, apple pith, dried pineapple and peach skins. Less smoky and reductive than it has been, it feels like a wine that has found its feet, alive with a beam of vibrant acidity. Raised in 90% new oak, it will repay five to ten years in the cellar.

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    Critic Reviews

    92-94/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2022 Les Champs Libres was picked on 24 August. Very delicate and refined on the nose, this opens beautifully, with white peach and orange blossom, and, again, hints of wild peach coming through with time. The palate is well-defined with a touch of stem ginger, almost Burgundian toward the finish. The peach theme continues, with hints of ginger and a touch of almond. This is going to be completely irresistible - don't say I didn't warn you.
    drinking window 2028 - 2042
    date of review 05/2023
    92-94/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
    The Wine Independent
    Les Champs Libres 2022 is 100% Sauvignon Blanc. It features fragrant notes of gooseberries, lime leaves, and lemongrass, plus touches of sea spray, jasmine, and wild thyme. The light to medium-bodied palate is so light on its feet, with a refreshing backbone and zesty layers, finishing long and minerally.
    drinking window 2024 - 2040
    date of review 05/2023
    95/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    As ever one of my favourite Bordeaux whites, this is truly impressive, conveying the flesh, spice and structure that give you a clue to the vintage conditions, but coupled with white pear, cooling mint leaf, lemongrass and citrus. Clay over limestone soils help solve the challenges of the year, and perhaps the Sancerre clones add distinctiveness also but what is clear is that as ever the Lafleur team shows that you don't have to accept what the vintage gives you, that you can work through the pitfalls and find the brilliance within. Olivier Trégoat part of the planting team, but other than that no outside consultant.
    drinking window 2023 - 2030
    date of review 05/2023

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    Bordeaux Blanc
    Grape Variety:
    Sauvignon Blanc
    abv:
    14.5%

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