Château Guiraud is a
Sauternes property mainly dedicated to their premier cru sweet wine, but they
also produce this keenly-priced dry white.
My first impression is
that it seems rather more Chenin than Sauvignon or Sémillon, rather more like
something from the Loire than Bordeaux Blanc. Although a beeswaxy character
does gradually emerge, it does not feel like one of those very waxy, Sémillon-driven
Bordeaux Blancs; in fact, it is 80% Sauvignon and 20% Sémillon. Structurally,
it seems a little gummed-up, dry but without very sharp acid, finding a peachy
fruit on the finish it lacked through the rest of the palate; it does feel a
little like a wine left jilted by the botrytis that never turned up.
It seemed both tighter
and sharper the following day. Not a long keeper, but nevertheless probably
does still need some time to come round.
86/100
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