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Whatever the costs and fashions, Bollinger has been perpetuating the tradition of great vinous champagnes since 1829: 1/3 chardonnay, 2/3 pinot noir, fermentation in oak barrels, prolonged ageing of the wines in the cellar (minimum 8 years for the R.D. cuvée). Complex, concentrated, almost tannic wines, perfect for a meal.

Whatever the costs and fashions, Bollinger has been perpetuating the tradition of great vinous champagnes since 1829: 1/3 chardonnay, 2/3 pinot noir, fermentation in oak barrels, prolonged ageing of the wines in the cellar (minimum 8 years for the R.D. cuvée). Complex, concentrated, almost tannic wines, perfect for a meal.

Whatever the costs and fashions, Bollinger has been perpetuating the tradition of great vinous champagnes since 1829: 1/3 chardonnay, 2/3 pinot noir, fermentation in oak barrels, prolonged ageing of the wines in the cellar (minimum 8 years for the R.D. cuvée). Complex, concentrated, almost tannic wines, perfect for a meal.

Whatever the costs and fashions, Bollinger has been perpetuating the tradition of great vinous champagnes since 1829: 1/3 chardonnay, 2/3 pinot noir, fermentation in oak barrels, prolonged ageing of the wines in the cellar (minimum 8 years for the R.D. cuvée). Complex, concentrated, almost tannic wines, perfect for a meal.

On a gravelly soil renowned for its whites, Camus vinifies a small production with a Semillon majority (60%, with 40% Sauvignon), grown in vats. A beautiful white Graves, of good volume, expressive, really very pleasant.

A small growth of 10 ha (6 ha in white, 4 ha in red) in the heart of the Graves, on the alluvial terraces of the Garonne, run by an invested couple: organic viticulture, careful vinification. The white wine, 60% Semillon fermented in barrels of one wine and 40% Sauvignon fermented in vats, is aged on fine lees with stirring. Fresh and floral, finely lemony, a success that honours its appellation.

A small plot (1.6 ha) of Côtes de Francs, where Mr Thienpont (owner of Puyguéraud and La Prade) produces an excellent white wine vinified in barrels, long, fat and smooth, with a judicious touch of acidity.

Although produced in Lamarque in the heart of Haut-Médoc, this is the most original dry white wine in the Gironde, a blend of gros manseng (as in Jurançon), sauvignon gris (superior to the more common sauvignon blanc), savagnin (as in Jura) and mondeuse blanche (as in Savoie). All this gives a dry white wine with golden reflections, powerful, sapy, fruity, complex and elegant. A special wine!

Like its neighbours in Sauternes, Rieussec carries out a first harvest of its vineyards every year at the end of August/beginning of September, before botrytisation (noble rot) begins, to produce a rich and expressive dry white wine, with notes of citrus fruits and exotic fruits (pineapple, mango, passion fruit), unlike those from the north of the left bank (Pessac-Léognan and Médoc) which are more floral and lively.

The white wine of Le Sartre (property of the Perrin family) is the worthy little brother of the white wine of Carbonnieux: same translucent colour, same floral character, much liveliness and minerality. Mr. Magrez (Pape-Clément) made no mistake about the quality of the Sartre terroir when he bought this wine in 2017.