2006 Château Larrivet-Haut-Brion Blanc

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 89.9 points

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  6/22/2021 - forceberry wrote: 94 Points

  A blend of Sauvignon Blanc (2/3) and Sémillon (1/3), fermented and aged for 12 months in new oak barriques. 13% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Quite deep and moderately concentrated burnished golden yellow color. Big and toasty nose with bold aromas of popcorn, honey and grilled pineapple, some toasty oak spice, a little bit of smoky character, light notes of beeswax, a hint of bruised apple and a touch of wizened nectarine. The wine is rich, oily and quite full-bodied on the palate with complex, toasty yet quite crunchy flavors of stony minerality, apple peel bitterness, some browned butter, a little bit of ripe pineapple, light popcorn notes, toasty hints of nutty oak and smoke and a touch of tangy salinity. The acidity feels at first moderately high, but it seems to grow in intensity towards the aftertaste. The lengthy finish is crisp, powerful and moderately toasty with intense flavors of nutty oak and popcorn, tart green apples, some pithy notes of grapefruit, a little bit of browned butter, light stony mineral nuances, a hint of grilled pineapple and a touch of creaminess.
  
  A wonderfully evolved, powerful and remarkably balanced Pessac-Léognan white that is obviously quite toasty and oak-driven in style, but carries it remarkably well. The wine doesn't feel that woody or overdone, since the oakiest nuances have already integrated with the fruit and the fruit department has evolved nicely into tertiary ntoes of grilled pineapple and dried fruits so that they intermingle with the oaky nuances remarkably well. Furthermore, the wine retains a wonderfully zippy acid core of citrus fruits and green apples that keep the wine fresh, brisk and full of pep, despite the rich, tertiary and moderately oak-influenced flavors. A very complete wine that shows how well these oak-heavy Bordeaux whites can perform if just given enough time. Excellent!

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  7/15/2020 - NiklasT Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Drank casually with starters at dinner party so no deeper analysis. Aromas of over-ripe apples, caramel, roasted hazelnuts and lemon. Flavors of yellow apples, caramel, squeezed lemon and some more hazelnut in the background. It is good, composed and fairly developed but with really good lift and freshness.

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  4/17/2020 - Badgerwino wrote:

  Records show that this was drunk in 2014. Nope. I agree with the previous poster that this wine is past it's prime but I would still say that it was fun to drink. 14 year old white wine? Come on. Definitely drink them soon but take the time to think about and enjoy.

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  3/21/2019 - Heynetty wrote:

  A: Medium amber
  N: medium (+) Nose. Hazelnuts, fig, quince jam, browned yellow apple (acetaldehyde), clove, dried orange skin, toast and smoke. Fully developed.
  P: Dry, medium (+) acid, medium alcohol, full body, medium (+) intensity and medium (+) finish.
  C: Past its best for sure but if you want the hallmarks of full fruit development, here it is. A LEARNING wine. Not one to enjoy.

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  7/25/2018 - NiklasT Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Very nice bottle bdx which reinstated my confidence in white bdx after some fawlty bottles. Yellow apples, sunripe lemons, beeswax, browned butter and a hint of saffron on the nose. Caramelized lemon and apples with saffron and some apricots in the finish. Fully mature and medium acidity with still nice fruit - will drink my remaining bottle latest 2020.

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