Chateau Lafleur - Les Champs Libres 2021

Decanter: "Creamy herbs, green and red apples, oranges and truffles. Very hard to tell the grape variety from the nose. Filling and fleshy, bright and smooth, mouthwatering and fresh, succulent and just so enjoyable. Gorgeous density yet lightness, you get a ton of lemon and lime, green apple and soft bitter orange elements with saline undertones and a sense of energy and direction. It's a mouthful but leaves no trace of heaviness. Again, where the reds truly shine is the nuance at the end, and this has that. A few minutes later you're still tasting all the nuances and makes you think this is an excellent white Bordeaux. Refreshing, tangy, moreish and clean. Fabulous."

Lisa Perrotti-Brown: "Les Champs Libres 2021 is 100% Sauvignon Blanc and it slowly unfurls to reveal delicate notes of lime leaves, yuzu, and citron blossom, opening out to nuances of sea spray, Marcona almonds, and wet pebbles. The medium-bodied palate is intense and racy, with citrus zest and minerally layers, finishing very long and zippy."

Jeb Dunnuck: "All Sauvignon Blanc, the 2021 Les Champs Libres Blanc is another sensational wine from this team, which is just about unrivaled in Bordeaux. Ripe melon, honeyed flowers, lime zest, and a liquid rock-like minerality all define this beauty, and it's medium-bodied, with flawlessly integrated acidity, beautiful mid-palate depth, and a great finish. Give it a few years."

James Suckling: "This is so delicious, with white peaches, sliced lemons and apples. Some botanicals. Medium body with a pretty density and length. Flinty and stony undertone at the end. 100% sauvignon blanc. Drink or hold."

The Wine Cellar Insider: "Granny Smith apples, flowers, orange rind, tangerine, lemon curd, and pineapple create the perfume. Juicy, fresh, and crisp, the energy in the yellow fruits is non-stop, giving you loads of sweet, lemons, with pineapple, and a touch of orange pith in the finish. The wine is produced from 100% Sauvignon Blanc. Drink from 2024-2035."

The Wine Advocate: "Regularly one of the standout dry white wines from the Bordeaux appellation, the 2021 Blanc, a blend of 73% Sauvignon (picked on the 9th, 11th and 13th of September) and 27% Sémillon (picked on the 7th of September), offers up a fresh, delicate and elegant bouquet with aromas of lemon oil, lemon, spices, lime tree leaves, menthol and perfectly ripe orchard fruits. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and racy, it's layered and seamless, its concentrated core of fruit framed by racy acids and a calcareous, saline finish."

Falstaff: "Helles Grüngelb, Silberreflexe. Feine Nuancen von Guaven, ein Hauch von Grapefruitzesten und weißem Pfirsich, mit Limetten unterlegt. Saftig, elegant, grüner Apfel, feine Textur, lebendiger Stil, gute Mineralik, verfügt über Entwicklungspotenzial, rassig-zitroniger Nachhall."