Les Champs Libres, Guinaudeau
    Château Grand Village

    Les Champs Libres, Guinaudeau, 2023

    97/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    93-95/100
    The Wine Independent
    92-94/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
    Broking
    1. 2023

      3x75cl

      DP

      £220.37

    2. 2023

      3x75cl

      DP

      £226.37

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    The most backward wine of the Guinaudeau range, but compellingly intense. Gripping flavours of crunchy, ripe yellow fruits and white grapefruit dominate the palate with hints of woody spices and stones adding further dimension to the wine. There is lots to admire here, a layered wine of backbone and stature. This has many elements to it, which will require time to come together, but make for an exciting prospect indeed. This has become one of Bordeaux’s most serious whites. Les Champs Libres 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.

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    Critic Reviews

    93-95/100
    Lisa Perrotti-Brown,
    The Wine Independent
    Les Champs Libres 2023 is 100% Sauvignon Blanc. It erupts from the glass with a powerful perfume of lime and orange blossoms, leading to a core of fresh grapefruit, lemonade, pineapple, and aniseed, with a waft of wet pebbles. The medium-bodied palate is intense with wonderful tension, offering layers of mineral and citrus flavors, finishing with a tropical kick.
    drinking window 2025 - 2033
    date of review 05/2024
    97/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    Has there been a better launch in Bordeaux in recent years than this wine? Once again it presents an arresting, steel-tipped example of what can be produced in the region. Pummice stone texture, shot through with citrus, lime bud, lime zest, sage, grated ginger, confit lemon, with energy and lift. Unracked until this point, 80% new oak for ageing. Hard not to want to own this wine, from the same team as Lafleur in Pomerol.
    drinking window 2025 - 2040
    date of review 05/2024
    92-94/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2023 Les Champs Libres is pure Sauvignon Blanc picked from August 28 to 30. Interestingly, you would not pick this up as Sauvignon Blanc on the nose. It’s very pretty, with more orchard fruit than bell pepper scents. Further hints of white peach come through with time. The two-thirds new oak is already very well integrated. The palate is particularly well balanced, with a pure lime cordial and peachy entry, a fine bead of acidity and a tensile, persistent finish. This is absolutely delicious with bells on.
    drinking window 2027 - 2040
    date of review 04/2024

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    Specifications

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

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