Tasted April 2022. Taut and delicious with razor-sharp, mouthwatering acidity and a lip-smacking texture from careful rolling of the barrels while the wine is on its lees. There's tons of complexity with juicy citrus, white peach, pineapple, and oyster shell. Intense salinity on the finish cuts through the concentrated, juicy fruit. Incredible.
The 2021 Larrivet Haut-Brion Blanc exhibits aromas of confit citrus, crisp orchard fruit and pastry cream, followed by a medium to full-bodied, satiny and incisive palate that's textural but tensile, concluding with a saline finish. A maturing vineyard combined with winemaking that emphasizes plenty of lees has delivered an excellent result this year.
Clear richness through the palate, creamy oak notes with white peach and pear fruit, and leaning into the vintage where the fresh acidities are translated as precision and carefully-carved out structure.
The 2021 Larrivet Haut-Brion Blanc is bright and effusive, with lovely texture to play off a core of apricot, ripe pear and lemon confit fruit. Nicely layered and creamy in the glass, the 2021 is shaping up to be a jewel of a wine.
Grass, elderflower, green apple, lime and floral notes on the nose. Gently driving on the palate, this builds from start to finish with a creamy, crushed stone aspect that marries with apricot, peach and pear notes and a lifted salted-lime finish. This feels precise with clarity of fruit and an expansiveness in the mouth. You also get terroir markers in the slate and crushed stone texture and flavour. Not the most exuberant but direct, persistent and characterful. A brilliant effort.
Maturity Young 2026 - 2042
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Maturity Ready 2021 - 2033
Maturity Ready 2020 - 2035
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