Very serious Sauvignon Blanc, probably one of the most serious I’ve tasted and unsurprisingly coming from one of the most serious makers in the world. Very ripe and some tertiary development already. Lemon curd, pineapple, honey, finishing off really long and salty with excellent concentration. Didn’t know they make it with 100% Sauv Blanc!
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This struck me as a more muscular wine more characteristic of a well-made California SB. Tropical fruits and gardenias burst from the glass, with a palate that followed directly from the nose. At this price point, it's hard ot call it a "summer sipper", but it was a delightful wine to enjoy during these early days of summer.
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Medium expressive mature nose displaying neutral yellow fruit, lemon curd, apple, lanoline, honeysuckle, honey, petrol, sweet spices and mineral. Excellent concentration, generous neutral yellow fruit, rich yet cool and steely, bright acidity, strong mineral, and a medium to long ripe neutral yellow fruit driven finish with a hint of petrol and lanoline at the end. Drinking nicely.
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Decanted for ~2-hrs prior to serving. My last btl of a full-case, and perhaps all in good time too. I had loved this wine very much in its first decade of life, but felt it has gotten all too mature over the last 4-6yrs. Depending on how (what state) one likes their white wine, some may actually prefer it now, being more rounded & complex on the palate. Anyway, this opened with scents of nuts, bits of honey, butterscotch & sherry - all tell-tale notes of a mature wine. Still fresh on the palate, with nice richness/concentration, layers & roundness. Totally yellow-fruit driven, none actually guessed this was a Sauv-Blanc and most if not all veered towards a Chard with some nice age on it. Enjoyable... but as mentioned I'd very much have preferred it in its younger form.
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Small Bordeaux gathering (Clarity - Vienna, Virginia): Beautiful fully mature nose displaying ripe yellow fruit, dry pineapple, peach, honey, strong lanoline, butterscotch, sweet spices and mineral. Excellent concentration, layers upon layers of sweet yellow fruit, dense and rich, bright acidity and mineral, and a seamless long ripe yellow fruit driven finish with butterscotch and lanoline at the end. There is no grassy note. This has developed beautifully. No need to rush but not sure if it will improve.
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Light gold color. Fragrant perfumed melange of smoke and ripe white and yellow fruits. On the palate, rich texture, supple, and lushly rich fresh fruit. Sufficient acidity for balance. Long finish. Bright fresh enjoyable wine! Made by Chateau Margaux from an 11 hectare vineyard planted in 100% Sauvignon Blanc. At 15 years on this wine is at its peak, but might hold an additional 3-5 more years. Personally, I wouldn’t chance it. It’s so delicious today!
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Similarly decanted for ~2-hrs+ prior to serving. This was a wine of tension/electricity as opposed to the '06 SHL Blanc which we had side-side. Notes of honey, cream & tinge of spices wafted from the glass after some air/time, it was on the palate where this confused - where some thought it was Burg-like! Refreshingly young, even more so than a '10 DDC Blanc that was served together too. Yellow-fruited, with limestone & great minerality, this had both power & tensile, but yet elegant/agile across the palate - totally doesn't seem like a wine with 15.1% ABV! In a great place, with an equally great future ahead...
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Once opened at dinner, the wine needed a half hour to reveal its full bodied, and delicious mineral infused nature. Fresh and vibrant this is an elegant wine that gives new meaning to sauvignon blanc, not one of my favorite grapes. The aromas keep coming the longer we linger drinking this wine. And this begins to approach the fondness I have for fine white Burgundy from Domaine LeFlaive. Gardenias and luscious lemons, a touch of apple, lovely and lingering.
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Beautiful nose of ripe pineapples, honey, oak-spices, citrus. Nice concentration w/ a tad of oily texture, this was very fresh/lifted on the palate too, appearing and tasted much younger than a '08 Masion Bellene Meursault Perrieres! This will continue to hold (given the youthful outing) and I expect it to continue improve with age...
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Right in the sweet spot although it’s bone dry. Medium yellow, no gold. Classic Sauvignon Blanc, steely, firm and tense. But not so austere it eschews pleasure. The stylish oak is just barely enough to soften the edges but not enough to intrude. Lots of lemon and grapefruit, just a faint suggestion of grass. Best when well chilled.
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This is a very fleshy, big, ripe expression of Sauvignon blanc framed with a reasonable amount of oak. On first tasting I didn’t find much compelling here and over the following three hours nothing happened to change my mind. A bit fat and moribund, without the requisite energy to make this much more than passable.
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A rich style white bdx, with heavy tropical fruits, white and yello fruit, oils and rich essence of nectar. Long and unctuous finish. Drinking quite nice today.
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Jailbreak Brewery restaurant opening SQN wine dinner with Justin Bonner (Jailbreak Brewery, Laurel, MD): Beautifully integrated complex nose displaying ripe yellow fruit, pineapple, apricot, honey, honeysuckle, a hint of truffle, butter scotch, sweet and spicy spices and limestone. Exceptional concentration, dense and oily without being heavy, bright acidity, good mineral presence and a long decadent yellow fruit spicy finish. Once again, a bit decadent and really delicious.
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Château Margaux vertical dinner (Taberna Del Alabardero): I recall trying this en primeur, from barrel, back in the spring of 2007 and feeling let down. The alcohol seemed too much: nearly 15 degrees! The tropical notes also seemed over done. And of course 2006 has a reputation for being a "fat" vintage in Bordeaux. Generally speaking, 2007 and especially 2008 are better for whites. But lo and behold, this has turned out to be quite delicious! In his personal notes to the wine, Paul Pontallier suggests that the terroir may be "getting revenge" on the vagaries of the climate. The richer style is there, and it was the most powerful of the four whites. It showed off very ripe pear as well as white apricot, but a certain serious "minerality" that balanced the density and somewhat thicker texture on the palate. Cellaring conditions impeccable, stressed Kevin Shin, who brought the bottle.
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Chateau Margaux dinner with Thibault Pontallier (Taberna del Alabardero, Washington D.C.): Fully mature nose displaying ripe yellow fruit, apricot, yellow peach, pineapple, honey, honeysuckle, crème brulee and sweet spices. Excellent concentration, rich and oily, deeply toned ripe yellow fruit, good acidity, not so mineral and a long sweet yellow fruit and sweet spices driven finish. According to Thibault, it was picked really late. Almost 15% alcohol but hard to detect. Really delicious!
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This is great stuff. A firm yellow in the glass. On the nose ripe pineapple, melon skins, which were countered by lovely oak coconut and peach. The nose reminded me of both a Sauternes and a white Burgundy at the same time, how weird is that?! On the palate melons again, but great oak and stone fruit too. Good acidity and everything is in harmony. This is not a wine to have on its own, you’ll still love it, but the right food will add another dimension. We had it in a Chinese restaurant (Hunan in Chelsea, London). It went great with scallop and sea bream dishes. The oriental spices and the wine reacted wonderfully to each other and the wine just got better and better. I have been told this wine should age at least 10 years, but maybe even 15. The 2006 still has plenty of legs left and I’m sure you can still drink this 5 to 7 years from now, probably even longer.
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Some pineapples, coconut, citrus, plus a little bit of heat that could still be discerned at the end... Overall, this didn't come across as impressive as the last few times that I've had it...
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Still so very good! Served cold, but opened up and evolved in the glass - notes of pineapples, honey, pears, citrus. Oak-treatment was superb, with an oily yet velvety palate and a long finish. Wonderful!
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During a tasting. Medium yellow. Expressive and highly aromatic nose of citrus, pineapple, vanilla and lots of flowers. Rich but crisp on the palate, unctuous but also fresh. This is really a complete wine that marries freshness and richness. I am not a white wine drinker but this was the WOTN.
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One of my favourite Bord blancs. This always delivers. Though not as striking as the last time I've had this (if memory serves me right), this was still very good. Tropical fruits - pears, pineapples, teeny tinge of honey, vanillin oak on nose. Creamy feel on the palate, with the tropical fruits following through & culminating in a long finish. So enjoyable!
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Very austere at first, tight and clenched, especially when cold. But eventually it yielded attractive notes of grapefruit pith and lemon. Very focused and pure, it could become even more interesting with additional bottle age. Surprisingly appreciated by all at our Chateau Margaux mini-vertical.
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Only white of the evening... This was so nice and refreshing, just how I remembered it from the last time I had it 2-3 yrs back. Nose of tropical fruits - pineapple, coconut. Creamy notes developed as it sat in the glass. Despite this being 15-15.1% alcohol, it was perfectly balanced with acidity, oak and minerality. No single element was "protruding". So fresh and so good, with a length that didn't lose out to any of the Reds at all! Hah, wished that this were priced like ANZ SBs, or they taste like this...
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Beau vin de cépage Sauvignon offrant une belle matière, riche au subtil équilibre entre acidité et douceur. Le degré alcoolique de presque 15° passe très bien . 92
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BBR informal dinner This is 100% Sauvignon. A lot of oak on the nose with some citrus showing through. More of the same on the palate with some bitterness towards the finish (oak tannins ?). Don't enjoy this expression of SB (contract with the Dagueneau Silex wines which I love)
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2012 - Last Simple one in 2012 (Jade Palace Seafood Restaurant, The Forum Shopping Mall, Orchard Road): This bottle is quite close and discreet. Not so expressive on the nose but accessible on the palate. Vanilla, pear, citrus and roasted hazelnut. Great richness with excellent delineated complex flavors that is well poise with super drive an tension. There is touch of oak present for a good grip alon with sweet tropical fruits tailing at the long, focus finished. This will only get better and better. 93-94+
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Alcohol :: 15% PnP. This is such a classy Pavillon Blanc! This light - medium golden Blanc is amazingly expressive with its intense sweet pear, melon and dried apricot aromas. Creamy butter, vanilla oak, mild herbs and saline mineral added better depth to it. On the palate this was singing too! Despite the stunning richness and concentration of sweet ripe fruits and lightly salted creamy butter, it is not heavy at all. Thanks to the bring, firm acidity backbone for the lift hence the focus and precision. Highly polished mouth feel and velvety texture leads to the intense long finished with complex saline mineral aftertaste, which tighten up a bit here suggested that the wine will age beautifully for at least another 10-15yrs. 93-94+
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After the 2 South African Wines (Weather Girls and Glass Carriage) this was a bit differant. More refined, with an iniviting nose of smoke and stone fruit. Not what I was expecting though as in the glass the wine proceeded to get funky on me and it ended up tasting like a slightly disjointed mix of Boekenhoutsklof Semillon and Cloudy Bay Te Koko. Enjoyable, but needs time.
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Exquisitely detailed Sauvignon Blanc. Delicate tropical fruits, such as pineapple, guava and passion fruit dominate fragrance and palate. Very delicate, yet beguiling The balance is simply perfect. Bravo M. Pontallier. Much better than than last year at the Great Wine Seminar.
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Perfectly full bodied with a wonderful minerality and freshness and a delicious nose of apple, honey and sweet lemon. All elegance and style. Top white Burgundy have nothing on this wine!
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A Stunningly delicious white Bordeaux! Fresh, beautiful minerality with scents of white gardenias and sweet citrus. Pure as a sparkling stream on a Rocky Mountian high.
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Light yellow color. Beautiful complex aroma with good balance of acidity and fruit. Nose includes classic granny apple, citrus, and slight green grass but also richer notes of lychee. Taste had the mineral freshness and acidity of the sauvignon blanc but also the rich, velvety texture of a chardonnay. IT also has a finish that goes on forever. Despite the high alcohol content, this does not overpower the complexity. This wine really evolves in the glass and becomes more dense and bold with time, i.e. 30min-1hr. It shows that a sauvignon blanc can be bold and powerful yet have subtlety and elegance. I had the opportunity to spend this wine season at Ch. Margaux and be witness to its creation. As we sampled the barrels during the fermentation and aging process, one could taste the tropical fruits from one lot, the acidity of another, the hints of lychees from yet another. When it was assembled and first tasted in its final form during the Spring of 2007 at Ch. Margaux, P. Pontallier was clearly happy with the result and felt it was a significant change from other vintages of Pavillon Blanc. 2 years later, I am happy to see that it is evolving along the high expectations of its first year.
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Very pale yellow with a tinge of green. Marvellous delicate aroma of Sauvignon Blanc in the Bordeaux style. Became more fragrant and more elegant with air. High alcohol at 15+% but there's no hint of heat or over ripeness. Lots of glycerine and long legs. Light to medium weight, modest length, but strictly one-dimensional at this early stage, and not much acidic spine. The '05 was more impressive at age three, but this might improve in the short term.
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Chateau Margaux dinner (Au Jardin Les Amis, Singapore Botanic Gardens): This is by far the best Sauvignon Blanc that I have ever had. Beautiful, fresh nose, with a touch of graass, lots of perfumy floral notes and an absolute explosion of peaches and cream along with a light layering of honey and oak - a glorious, singing nose. The palate was super-rich and creamy, almost a little oily in texture, with some smoke and mineral tones winding their way through explosive, mouthfilling white fruit tones that just unfolded in layer after layer of creamy richness. It was a big wine at 15%, and it would have almost been fat if not for good acidity and minerality that gave the wine a nice focus. Finish was long, long, long - ever so sappy and weighty as it clung onto the palate, but with superb freshness, integration and cleaness in the melony flavours. An ultra-hedonistic wine.
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3/17/2024 - wineton.mee wrote: 93 Points
Very serious Sauvignon Blanc, probably one of the most serious I’ve tasted and unsurprisingly coming from one of the most serious makers in the world. Very ripe and some tertiary development already. Lemon curd, pineapple, honey, finishing off really long and salty with excellent concentration. Didn’t know they make it with 100% Sauv Blanc!
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8/26/2023 - PDavisMarble wrote: 92 Points
Another delightful bottle. A touch more refined than the prior bottle, more delicate, but a still long finish.
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5/30/2023 - PDavisMarble wrote: 94 Points
This struck me as a more muscular wine more characteristic of a well-made California SB. Tropical fruits and gardenias burst from the glass, with a palate that followed directly from the nose. At this price point, it's hard ot call it a "summer sipper", but it was a delightful wine to enjoy during these early days of summer.
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3/23/2023 - dcwino wrote: 95 Points
Medium expressive mature nose displaying neutral yellow fruit, lemon curd, apple, lanoline, honeysuckle, honey, petrol, sweet spices and mineral. Excellent concentration, generous neutral yellow fruit, rich yet cool and steely, bright acidity, strong mineral, and a medium to long ripe neutral yellow fruit driven finish with a hint of petrol and lanoline at the end. Drinking nicely.
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9/23/2022 - astroman Likes this wine: 93 Points
Honey comb with dense palate yet refreshing. Aromas develop sweet flower after a while. A lovely drink.
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9/23/2022 - etyc Likes this wine:
Decanted for ~2-hrs prior to serving. My last btl of a full-case, and perhaps all in good time too. I had loved this wine very much in its first decade of life, but felt it has gotten all too mature over the last 4-6yrs. Depending on how (what state) one likes their white wine, some may actually prefer it now, being more rounded & complex on the palate. Anyway, this opened with scents of nuts, bits of honey, butterscotch & sherry - all tell-tale notes of a mature wine. Still fresh on the palate, with nice richness/concentration, layers & roundness. Totally yellow-fruit driven, none actually guessed this was a Sauv-Blanc and most if not all veered towards a Chard with some nice age on it. Enjoyable... but as mentioned I'd very much have preferred it in its younger form.
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12/1/2021 - dcwino wrote: 95 Points
Small Bordeaux gathering (Clarity - Vienna, Virginia): Beautiful fully mature nose displaying ripe yellow fruit, dry pineapple, peach, honey, strong lanoline, butterscotch, sweet spices and mineral. Excellent concentration, layers upon layers of sweet yellow fruit, dense and rich, bright acidity and mineral, and a seamless long ripe yellow fruit driven finish with butterscotch and lanoline at the end. There is no grassy note. This has developed beautifully. No need to rush but not sure if it will improve.
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11/13/2021 - VinhoVerde Likes this wine: 95 Points
Light gold color. Fragrant perfumed melange of smoke and ripe white and yellow fruits. On the palate, rich texture, supple, and lushly rich fresh fruit. Sufficient acidity for balance. Long finish. Bright fresh enjoyable wine!
Made by Chateau Margaux from an 11 hectare vineyard planted in 100% Sauvignon Blanc. At 15 years on this wine is at its peak, but might hold an additional 3-5 more years. Personally, I wouldn’t chance it. It’s so delicious today!
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4/28/2021 - etyc Likes this wine:
Similarly decanted for ~2-hrs+ prior to serving. This was a wine of tension/electricity as opposed to the '06 SHL Blanc which we had side-side. Notes of honey, cream & tinge of spices wafted from the glass after some air/time, it was on the palate where this confused - where some thought it was Burg-like! Refreshingly young, even more so than a '10 DDC Blanc that was served together too. Yellow-fruited, with limestone & great minerality, this had both power & tensile, but yet elegant/agile across the palate - totally doesn't seem like a wine with 15.1% ABV! In a great place, with an equally great future ahead...
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4/17/2021 - gsquireh Likes this wine: 97 Points
Once opened at dinner, the wine needed a half hour to reveal its full bodied, and delicious mineral infused nature. Fresh and vibrant this is an elegant wine that gives new meaning to sauvignon blanc, not one of my favorite grapes. The aromas keep coming the longer we linger drinking this wine. And this begins to approach the fondness I have for fine white Burgundy from Domaine LeFlaive. Gardenias and luscious lemons, a touch of apple, lovely and lingering.
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6/29/2020 - etyc Likes this wine:
Beautiful nose of ripe pineapples, honey, oak-spices, citrus. Nice concentration w/ a tad of oily texture, this was very fresh/lifted on the palate too, appearing and tasted much younger than a '08 Masion Bellene Meursault Perrieres! This will continue to hold (given the youthful outing) and I expect it to continue improve with age...
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5/13/2020 - sdr Likes this wine: 93 Points
Right in the sweet spot although it’s bone dry. Medium yellow, no gold. Classic Sauvignon Blanc, steely, firm and tense. But not so austere it eschews pleasure. The stylish oak is just barely enough to soften the edges but not enough to intrude. Lots of lemon and grapefruit, just a faint suggestion of grass. Best when well chilled.
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2/3/2020 - englishman's claret wrote: 86 Points
This is a very fleshy, big, ripe expression of Sauvignon blanc framed with a reasonable amount of oak. On first tasting I didn’t find much compelling here and over the following three hours nothing happened to change my mind. A bit fat and moribund, without the requisite energy to make this much more than passable.
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2/19/2019 - Biglama Likes this wine: 95 Points
nog zo fris, prachtige zuren, veel inhoud
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6/29/2018 - T.E.D. wrote: 94 Points
A rich style white bdx, with heavy tropical fruits, white and yello fruit, oils and rich essence of nectar. Long and unctuous finish. Drinking quite nice today.
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5/30/2018 - dcwino wrote: 96 Points
Jailbreak Brewery restaurant opening SQN wine dinner with Justin Bonner (Jailbreak Brewery, Laurel, MD): Beautifully integrated complex nose displaying ripe yellow fruit, pineapple, apricot, honey, honeysuckle, a hint of truffle, butter scotch, sweet and spicy spices and limestone. Exceptional concentration, dense and oily without being heavy, bright acidity, good mineral presence and a long decadent yellow fruit spicy finish. Once again, a bit decadent and really delicious.
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5/10/2018 - PanosKakaviatos Likes this wine: 94 Points
Château Margaux vertical dinner (Taberna Del Alabardero): I recall trying this en primeur, from barrel, back in the spring of 2007 and feeling let down. The alcohol seemed too much: nearly 15 degrees! The tropical notes also seemed over done. And of course 2006 has a reputation for being a "fat" vintage in Bordeaux. Generally speaking, 2007 and especially 2008 are better for whites. But lo and behold, this has turned out to be quite delicious! In his personal notes to the wine, Paul Pontallier suggests that the terroir may be "getting revenge" on the vagaries of the climate. The richer style is there, and it was the most powerful of the four whites. It showed off very ripe pear as well as white apricot, but a certain serious "minerality" that balanced the density and somewhat thicker texture on the palate. Cellaring conditions impeccable, stressed Kevin Shin, who brought the bottle.
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5/9/2018 - dcwino wrote: 95 Points
Chateau Margaux dinner with Thibault Pontallier (Taberna del Alabardero, Washington D.C.): Fully mature nose displaying ripe yellow fruit, apricot, yellow peach, pineapple, honey, honeysuckle, crème brulee and sweet spices. Excellent concentration, rich and oily, deeply toned ripe yellow fruit, good acidity, not so mineral and a long sweet yellow fruit and sweet spices driven finish. According to Thibault, it was picked really late. Almost 15% alcohol but hard to detect. Really delicious!
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3/10/2018 - SLB83 Likes this wine: 95 Points
This is great stuff. A firm yellow in the glass.
On the nose ripe pineapple, melon skins, which were countered by lovely oak coconut and peach. The nose reminded me of both a Sauternes and a white Burgundy at the same time, how weird is that?!
On the palate melons again, but great oak and stone fruit too. Good acidity and everything is in harmony.
This is not a wine to have on its own, you’ll still love it, but the right food will add another dimension. We had it in a Chinese restaurant (Hunan in Chelsea, London). It went great with scallop and sea bream dishes. The oriental spices and the wine reacted wonderfully to each other and the wine just got better and better.
I have been told this wine should age at least 10 years, but maybe even 15. The 2006 still has plenty of legs left and I’m sure you can still drink this 5 to 7 years from now, probably even longer.
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8/23/2017 - etyc wrote:
'05 & older Pomerol + '10 & older Bordeaux Blanc session.
Some pineapples, coconut, citrus, plus a little bit of heat that could still be discerned at the end... Overall, this didn't come across as impressive as the last few times that I've had it...
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12/27/2016 - etyc Likes this wine:
Still so very good! Served cold, but opened up and evolved in the glass - notes of pineapples, honey, pears, citrus. Oak-treatment was superb, with an oily yet velvety palate and a long finish. Wonderful!
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4/22/2016 - Collector1855 wrote: 95 Points
During a tasting. Medium yellow. Expressive and highly aromatic nose of citrus, pineapple, vanilla and lots of flowers. Rich but crisp on the palate, unctuous but also fresh. This is really a complete wine that marries freshness and richness. I am not a white wine drinker but this was the WOTN.
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2/29/2016 - etyc Likes this wine:
One of my favourite Bord blancs. This always delivers. Though not as striking as the last time I've had this (if memory serves me right), this was still very good. Tropical fruits - pears, pineapples, teeny tinge of honey, vanillin oak on nose. Creamy feel on the palate, with the tropical fruits following through & culminating in a long finish. So enjoyable!
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9/5/2015 - sdr Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very austere at first, tight and clenched, especially when cold. But eventually it yielded attractive notes of grapefruit pith and lemon. Very focused and pure, it could become even more interesting with additional bottle age. Surprisingly appreciated by all at our Chateau Margaux mini-vertical.
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10/7/2014 - etyc Likes this wine:
Only white of the evening... This was so nice and refreshing, just how I remembered it from the last time I had it 2-3 yrs back. Nose of tropical fruits - pineapple, coconut. Creamy notes developed as it sat in the glass. Despite this being 15-15.1% alcohol, it was perfectly balanced with acidity, oak and minerality. No single element was "protruding". So fresh and so good, with a length that didn't lose out to any of the Reds at all! Hah, wished that this were priced like ANZ SBs, or they taste like this...
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12/30/2013 - Biglama Likes this wine: 92 Points
zeer intens, vele indrukken, fris en toch met een mooie rijkheid
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12/21/2013 - stefad wrote:
Beau vin de cépage Sauvignon offrant une belle matière, riche au subtil équilibre entre acidité et douceur. Le degré alcoolique de presque 15° passe très bien . 92
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10/12/2013 - markellen.foodies@gmail.com Likes this wine: 93 Points
I've really enjoyed this wine. Slight lemon flavor with excellent balanced and good acidity.
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9/3/2013 - DonalOB wrote: 86 Points
BBR informal dinner
This is 100% Sauvignon. A lot of oak on the nose with some citrus showing through. More of the same on the palate with some bitterness towards the finish (oak tannins ?). Don't enjoy this expression of SB (contract with the Dagueneau Silex wines which I love)
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5/31/2013 - markellen.foodies@gmail.com Likes this wine: 93 Points
Creamiest Sauvignon Blanc I have ever had(Oak),but with refreshing acidity.
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2/22/2013 - markellen.foodies@gmail.com wrote: 94 Points
Delicious. Great balance of Sauvignon Blanc & Semillon. Acidity and Melon like fruit. light gold color.
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12/21/2012 - Sleepy Dave wrote: 93 Points
2012 - Last Simple one in 2012 (Jade Palace Seafood Restaurant, The Forum Shopping Mall, Orchard Road): This bottle is quite close and discreet. Not so expressive on the nose but accessible on the palate. Vanilla, pear, citrus and roasted hazelnut. Great richness with excellent delineated complex flavors that is well poise with super drive an tension. There is touch of oak present for a good grip alon with sweet tropical fruits tailing at the long, focus finished. This will only get better and better. 93-94+
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6/4/2012 - Sleepy Dave wrote: 93 Points
Alcohol :: 15%
PnP. This is such a classy Pavillon Blanc! This light - medium golden Blanc is amazingly expressive with its intense sweet pear, melon and dried apricot aromas. Creamy butter, vanilla oak, mild herbs and saline mineral added better depth to it. On the palate this was singing too! Despite the stunning richness and concentration of sweet ripe fruits and lightly salted creamy butter, it is not heavy at all. Thanks to the bring, firm acidity backbone for the lift hence the focus and precision. Highly polished mouth feel and velvety texture leads to the intense long finished with complex saline mineral aftertaste, which tighten up a bit here suggested that the wine will age beautifully for at least another 10-15yrs. 93-94+
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10/19/2011 - mychurch wrote: 90 Points
After the 2 South African Wines (Weather Girls and Glass Carriage) this was a bit differant. More refined, with an iniviting nose of smoke and stone fruit. Not what I was expecting though as in the glass the wine proceeded to get funky on me and it ended up tasting like a slightly disjointed mix of Boekenhoutsklof Semillon and Cloudy Bay Te Koko. Enjoyable, but needs time.
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7/24/2011 - gsquireh wrote: 95 Points
Rich Sliced pineapple and apples with lemon and honey.
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10/24/2010 - sdr wrote: 93 Points
Exquisitely detailed Sauvignon Blanc. Delicate tropical fruits, such as pineapple, guava and passion fruit dominate fragrance and palate. Very delicate, yet beguiling The balance is simply perfect. Bravo M. Pontallier. Much better than than last year at the Great Wine Seminar.
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11/26/2009 - gsquireh wrote: 97 Points
Perfectly full bodied with a wonderful minerality and freshness and a delicious nose of apple, honey and sweet lemon. All elegance and style. Top white Burgundy have nothing on this wine!
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11/15/2009 - gsquireh wrote: 96 Points
A Stunningly delicious white Bordeaux! Fresh, beautiful minerality with scents of white gardenias and sweet citrus. Pure as a sparkling stream on a Rocky Mountian high.
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9/11/2009 - gsquireh wrote: 94 Points
Full bodied, fresh and mouth filling. Mineral and apple followed by honey and lemon.
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6/7/2009 - winegal001 wrote: 95 Points
Light yellow color. Beautiful complex aroma with good balance of acidity and fruit. Nose includes classic granny apple, citrus, and slight green grass but also richer notes of lychee. Taste had the mineral freshness and acidity of the sauvignon blanc but also the rich, velvety texture of a chardonnay. IT also has a finish that goes on forever. Despite the high alcohol content, this does not overpower the complexity. This wine really evolves in the glass and becomes more dense and bold with time, i.e. 30min-1hr. It shows that a sauvignon blanc can be bold and powerful yet have subtlety and elegance. I had the opportunity to spend this wine season at Ch. Margaux and be witness to its creation. As we sampled the barrels during the fermentation and aging process, one could taste the tropical fruits from one lot, the acidity of another, the hints of lychees from yet another. When it was assembled and first tasted in its final form during the Spring of 2007 at Ch. Margaux, P. Pontallier was clearly happy with the result and felt it was a significant change from other vintages of Pavillon Blanc. 2 years later, I am happy to see that it is evolving along the high expectations of its first year.
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4/24/2009 - sdr wrote: 88 Points
Very pale yellow with a tinge of green. Marvellous delicate aroma of Sauvignon Blanc in the Bordeaux style. Became more fragrant and more elegant with air. High alcohol at 15+% but there's no hint of heat or over ripeness. Lots of glycerine and long legs. Light to medium weight, modest length, but strictly one-dimensional at this early stage, and not much acidic spine. The '05 was more impressive at age three, but this might improve in the short term.
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1/19/2009 - Paul D wrote:
Chateau Margaux Tasting - 1983-2006 - With Paul Pontallier (Merchant Taylors' Hall, Threadneedle Street, London EC2): Very pale, almost water-white. Creamy oak, citrus, very slightly grassy. Lovely floral notes, oak is really very well done. Youthful, fresh, intense, slightly smoky. Medium/full bodied on the palate, lovely vibrant acidity contrasting nicely with generosity/plumpness of texture. Creamy oak and lemony fruit on a lingering finish. Lovely. ****
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11/27/2008 - Paul S wrote: 94 Points
Chateau Margaux dinner (Au Jardin Les Amis, Singapore Botanic Gardens): This is by far the best Sauvignon Blanc that I have ever had. Beautiful, fresh nose, with a touch of graass, lots of perfumy floral notes and an absolute explosion of peaches and cream along with a light layering of honey and oak - a glorious, singing nose. The palate was super-rich and creamy, almost a little oily in texture, with some smoke and mineral tones winding their way through explosive, mouthfilling white fruit tones that just unfolded in layer after layer of creamy richness. It was a big wine at 15%, and it would have almost been fat if not for good acidity and minerality that gave the wine a nice focus. Finish was long, long, long - ever so sappy and weighty as it clung onto the palate, but with superb freshness, integration and cleaness in the melony flavours. An ultra-hedonistic wine.
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