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Château La Clarière Blanc 2020
Bordeaux AOC
View awards
- Gold, Catavinum World Wine & Spirits Competition, 2021
- 92pts, Catavinum World Wine & Spirits Competition, 2021
- Gold, Concours des Feminalise-Beaume, 2021
- Gold, Gilbert & Gaillard International Competition, 2021
- Gold, Berliner Wine Trophy, 2021
- Grand Gold, Asia Wine Trophy, 2021
- Grand Gold, Asia Wine Trophy, 2021
Tony Laithwaite has long wanted to make an estate white at La Clarière, but traditionally Bordeaux's Castillon is all about reds. Now with some top vineyards, he's crafted this oak fermented white. Long, complex and citrusy, it's won four Golds.
Tony Laithwaite has long wanted to make an estate white at La Clarière, but traditionally Bordeaux's Castillon is all about reds. Now with some top vineyards, he's crafted this oak fermented white. Long, complex and citrusy, it's won four Golds.
Beyond the Label
Tasting notes
Rounded creamy stone fruit, bright lemony acidity, toasty oak
Aroma
Creamy peach, toasty vanilla, bright citrus
Allergy information
Contains sulphites
More information
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White - Dry
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Light gold
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14.5% ABV
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10.88 Units
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750.00 ml
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31 December, 2030
Lying on Bordeaux’s Right Bank, Castillon is known for its fine clarets. In fact, the appellation only permits red wines, but that hasn’t stopped the team at Château La Clarière wanting to make a white of equally fine standing. A few years back they planted a few rows of white grapes and, two years ago, a few more, on the château's land best suited to white varieties. The vines are now old enough for their grapes to go into this superb, estate bottled white. Four Golds this year and a Trophy last, they are doing a grand job. Blended from Sauvignon Blanc and richer Gris, all oak fermented, lees stirred, then aged in part-new barrels, it is reminiscent of the grand wines of Pessac Léognan. Drink now with sauced white meat or fish, or cellar.
For the 2019 vintage
