Le Grand Vin 2025 - Graves blanc - En primeur

En primeur cuvée, delivered in June 2027.

The whites were harvested early, on 27th and 28th August, just before the rains. Fermentation took place in 500-litre barrels. This promising cuvée was aged on its lees for one year. This year's pre-assemblages heavily favour Sémillon, which expresses itself through aromas of yellow fruits and well-ripened apricot. A well-balanced batch of Sauvignon will bring richness and acidity. We will re-taste after summer for bottling in September.

2022 Vintage:

92/100 in the Revue du Vin de France, April 2024

'Amplitude, richness and complexity of a wine highlighting a remarkable quality of fruit. The musky and floral aromas, with a slight lactic hint, evoke certain Loire Sauvignons “that undergo malolactic fermentation” (those of Alexandre Bain, for example). The profile of a Graves white wine, which this wine doesn't deny, emerges more complex and, as if illustrated, softened. In the same vintage, the two single-vineyard cuvées, Argile Ocre (91/100) and Feldspath (90/100), also elevate the appellation, opening doors without violating the archetypes.'

2021 Vintage:

91/100 in the Guide des meilleurs vins de France

2020 Vintage:

92/100 in the Guide des meilleurs Vins de France 2023 by RVF

'Golden, lively, fleshy, full-of-life and pulpy matter. Aromatic register, where generous fruit marries an oxidative vein of honey and toasted almond. Very different from its peers, it is certainly not a white wine according to the canons of the Dubourdieu school! But besides having the great merit of highlighting the possible stylistic diversity in these Graves lands, it will provide genuine pleasure to enthusiasts of free-spirited wines.'

2019 Vintage: 15/20 in the RVF in July-August 2020