Description

Le Blanc d'Aiguilhe se présente dans ce millésime comme un vin frais et incisif, avec des arômes d'agrumes, de fruits du verger et de pain frais, et un style minéral pour un Bordeaux blanc. De plus, son passage en fût lui confère une complexité et une structure supplémentaires, garantissant un bon potentiel de garde.

Fiche technique

Le domaine
Château d’Aiguilhe
Type de vin
Blanc
Millésime
2021
Alcool
13.3% vol.
Cépage
100% Sauvignon blanc
Origine
Bordeaux

Dégustation

Température de service
Entre 9 et 12 °C.
Garde
Jusqu'en 2040 environ, s'il est conservé dans des conditions optimales.

Vignoble et élaboration

Vendanges
Vendange manuelle.
Vinification
Pressurage pneumatique et fermentation alcoolique dans des cuves inox.
Elevage
6 mois dans des cuves inox (80 % du vin) et dans des fûts de chêne (les 20 % restants, dont 25 % sont neufs)

L'avis des experts

James Suckling:

This is really flinty, with both fresh and dried lemons and medium body. Tight with phenolics that hold it together. Racy finish. An excellent-value sauvignon that delivers extremely high quality. Sauvignon blanc and some sauvignon gris. Drink now.

Decanter:

Lovely florality to the nose with a gorgeous white stone and yellow fruit aromatic expression. Excellent weight on the palate, a lemon patisserie edge, crisp green apple, touches of grape and juicy orange, but also with sharp lemon too - you get the layers of flavour here. It's crisp and clear, such clarity and precision but also weight and you get the minerality too, the chalkiness that comes across as a fine texture on the palate. Open and friendly, screaming "drink me"! I love this. 5,000 bottle production. Not yet imported into the UK but it should be!

Jeb Dunnuck:

The 2021 Chateau D'Aiguilhe Blanc is a terrific white and if you're looking for a terrific Bordeaux Blanc that won't break the bank, give this a whirl. Crushed stone, honeyed lime, and salted citrus are just some of the aromas and flavors, and it's medium-bodied, with racy, vibrant acidity, good mid-palate depth, and a great finish.

The Wine Advocate:

Just bottled a week before my visit, the 2021 d'Aiguilhe Blanc is a medium-bodied, tangy and incisive wine evocative of citrus zest, crisp orchard fruit and freshly baked bread. Seamless and penetrating, it derives from a late-ripening site on the limestone slopes of the Côtes de Castillon that has always produced an unusually chiseled, mineral style of white Bordeaux.