Gorgeous white Bordeaux! I didn't quite understand it the first time I had it, far too much oak and smoke! I'll have to give them another try... No other way!
absolutely, amazing and amazing value compared to white burg these days, i think the benchmark dry whites are mostly in pessac, de chevalier esp for something good but not crazy price
Great video, thank you for that! You are totally right, white Bordeaux remains excellent value for money (also true in red, and generally true vs over-priced Burgundy). I love Chateau Guiraud, dry and sweet, by the way (and the "G" is pronounced as in Google). I don't know the second one and would love to find it. I really love this kind of wine, which are sweet on the nose and then shock you by being dry in the mouth. This is great stuff. Some Spanish wines are like that too, and so are many Arbois (another fantastic yet unknown and under-appreciated region). Maybe you could also do a tasting of wines further South in the Southwest like Jurançon and Gascony (like Pacherenc de Vic-Bihl, both dry and sweet).
Thank You for the insightful comment. I would love to do videos about these regions, but before those I have Jura in my bucket list. ☺️ Hopefully coming very soon!
I never know what I am getting with white bordeaux. Sometimes it has bracing acidity with notes of grass and cat pee ( my preference) or tropical flavors and kind of flat. Whwn in Bordeaux I find it safer to choose an Entre-deux-mers whits because it will have enough acidity to work at the table.
I completely understand Your point. It is such a huge appellation and so many different styles are made under the generic Bordeaux aoc, that it could be very much a mystery with every bottle. I guess knowing the wine, label or producer could help a little bit. 😮💨
The only white wine on my bucket list right now is the La Mission Haut Brion Boudreaux Blanc. Can find it stores here, but haven’t been able to bring myself to pay the price yet. Really like the Smith-Haut Lafite Blanc, and the Valandruad Blanc wines though.
These are indeed very expensive wines and definitely not made for every day enjoyment. At least at my household. 😓Also, if am not mistaken then Smith-Haut Lafitte Blanc is much higher in price.
Ohhhh. Now you’re talking!!!! Absolutely a favorite white. So drinkable as a solo and very food friendly. Have many bottles in the cellar including a couple first growths whites. Thank you for another wonderful video.
Great content and interesting. White Bord. is so good I think at least. Paired with fresh fish from the North Sea, Kattegatt on the west coast of Sweden :). Try it if You get the chance.! Of course fish from other seas are good as well. The North Sea just happens to be my back yard for fist, to buy not to fish.. :) Thanks again and cant wait for Your next video!
Hi Agnes, bit off-topic but what’s your opinion that wine producers don’t have to show the ingredients which they have used in the wine on the label? With the potentially 60 additions they can use to achieve a desired “quality”, it is strange that we know so little about it.. And do you think you can still taste the usage of these unnatural adjustments? Warm greetings!
Well, at least here in EU that will change, and all wines will need to have information available on whatever additions wine has been subject to. The best wineries really don’t worry much, because they do not add much, the only thing being SO2. For some more Southern regions it might be more difficult because to gain stability of the wine they simply MUST acidify, there is no other way - so there educating consumers will be essential. I think 60 different additives is exaggeration, but maybe I am too gullible. 😢
I have never to been to Australia, but I have tasted Hunter Valley Semillon! 🙌🙌 I even have included in one of top 5 most underrated white wines. 💥 Cheers! 🥂🙌
Always surprised by the staying power of the Bordeaux blancs. Question: isn't it the rule of thumb that a good red wine year may be a bad white wine year? The 3rd wine is 2015, how was that vintage for that particular white wine, compares to other so-so red wine vintages, like the 2011 or 2012?
I think it used to be believed that bad vintage for reds will result in great vintage for sweet wines of Bordeaux. I haven’t heard the same about white wines, but might as well be wrong. Cheers! 🥂
Yes in Bordeaux often when the vintage for red is week the white is better. So if you are a person that like both red and white from Bordeaux, in the more weak vintages spend the high money on the whites. I did not buy a single bottle from vintage 2021 in reds but spend a lot of money on 2021. I have tried a bit over 100 wines in white from 2021 in Bordeaux. And pavillion blanc from Chateau Margaux was just one of the best i ever tried in long time. Outstanding wine. Other whites in 2021 vintage to spend on will be, Haut Brion Blanc, La Mission Haut Brion Blanc, Chateau Lafleur Blanc. If you don't what du spend these kind of money you will find good quality in 2021 in the range of 20-65 euro. Left bank and Pessac-Leognan.
Excellent presentation. The 'G' de Ch. Guiraud has long been a favorite of mine and i have several vintages (it does age well) in my cellar. I also have the white's from Ch. Lynch Bages, Talbot and Ch. Margaux. We opened a 2010 Pavillon Blanc a couple of weeks ago and it was superb.
@@NoSediment Oh? Why is that? If it’s the price or availability, I still see plenty of good quality in shops and online under $100 in my area at least (Southern California, specifically San Diego). If it’s something else, well then I don’t know, but I wish I could help😂
Thanks for this video! Bordeaux Blanc definitely gets overshadowed by Riesling, Sancerre, Cote D'Or white, even higher end California Chardonnay (via French clones), and so many lovely styles. I've enjoyed a few like Chateau Carbonnieux Blanc (8 years of age on high scoring vintages like 2014 is fantastic, or with a 30 to 60 min decant), Chateau Larrivet Haut Brion Blanc is also a good value wine that with 10 years of age is just so fascinating also in a great vintage. In my cellar and waiting for the right moment is Chateau d'Yquem's dry white Bordeaux version Y de Yquem or Ygrec which while is very expensive, should be a wonderful baseline to measure their Sauternes by. Lower end and priced Bordeaux Blanc new release by the glass is really nice with French omelettes and herbed potatoes at a bistro. One of the best which I am waiting to open mine to try is Domaine de Chevalier Blanc. I also don't see any many Bordeaux Blanc at Michelin restaurants where I am strangely which is a shame.
Ive often enjoyed Graves in the past. Coming from Cape Town, white Bordeaux blends as well as single varietal Sauv Blanc and Semillon wines are common. Semillon in particular is a favourite of mine, and gains massively with time in the bottle. There is a pink / gris mutation of Semillon in South Africa. If you love Chenin Blanc and Semillon, you should really visit! I would love to see you taste some wines from my home country 🇿🇦
Dear Agnes, thank U again for bringing me back to 2012 at the time of mu First Bordeaux visit. I dedicated 1 day for graved AOC and at the end of the Day i was super Happy with my visit. Righi now i am enjoyng my last trip dedicated to wines. I am now in Valdobbiadene and leasing soon for Trento Doc . At the end i Will visit Kalternsee White wines . A nice trip👍😉
Just rediscovered dry white Bordeaux and recently bought half a case of Graves, 2020 - delicious. Bought another half-case of 2022 en primeur, which will be delivered in a couple of years.
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Wow, such a beautiful un uplifting comment to start may day and week with. Thank You! And sounds like I choose my T-shirt correctly for this video, there is a lot of resonance. 🙌
been head over heels in love with white bdx for about a year and a half now. Blanc de Lynch Bages 2020 really opened my eyes to how amazing the region can be
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