Community Review

Château La Garde Blanc 2014

Pessac-Leognan, Bordeaux DOC, France

Community Score: 4.6/5
Community Reviews: 11

Price: $45.00

Sweetness: Extra Dry
Alcohol: 13%

Drink: 2015-2023

Bottle size: 750 ml
Winery: Château La Garde

Greg Hughes rated this wine as 92/100 with the following review:

This white, from Pessac-Leognan, is built around Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, and Semillon.
The aromatics are somewhat more tropical and exotic than a lot of other comparable Bordelais whites in the same price range. Partly, this may be due to the high levels of Sauvignon Gris in the blend. The Gris mutation has a dusty whitish-pink skin colour that imparts different flavonol components than the Blanc variant. It's a less herbaeous grape. It often is described as grapefruit and peaches.
High proportions of Semillon give this wine great body and texture. This wine saw enough new oak for it to be noticeable. It has a toasted pinapple flavour that kicks off. Vanilla wafer, peaches, baked apple, and creme brulee.
2012 was a rainy vintage, in Bordeaux. It was cool and the reds struggled to ripen in places, lile the Left Bank. The nice thing about cool Bordeaux vintages is that the whites remain rock-solid. Sometimes their aromatics are helped by the cool temperatures.
Put this fabulous wine in your cellar for a term of 5-7 years, or crack it with some lobster po'boys.

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