critic reviews
The 2023 Guiraud conveys energy on the nose, fine tension with pure honeyed fruit, orange blossom and light waxy aromas. The palate is wonderful, armed with great tension and perhaps more mineralité compared to its peers, linear and focused with great tension on the finish. There is a strictness here that I appreciate. Superb.
A blend of 65% Semillon and 35% Sauvignon Blanc, the 2023 Guiraud has 130g/l of residual sugar and a pH of 4.01. It is pale lemon-straw in color and offers up evocative notes of baked peaches, pear tart, and ripe yellow apples, leading to suggestions of fallen leaves, wet slate, and sea spray. The palate has compelling restraint, with baked orchard fruit flavors and soft acidity, finishing savory.
Vivid gold in colour, laced with white peach juice, grilled pear, stone fruits, lime juice, opulent but with sculpted lift and zest, this extends outwards and upwards through the palate, capturing the pleasure of 2023 sweet wines in Bordeaux. Has spice and character, gorgeously expressive even now, and will age with ease. Sandrine Garbay, long time winemaker of Yquem, is director at this 128ha estate, that has been farmed organically since 2011. Harvest began on September 27 and continued through to October 13.