Chateau Bouscaut Blanc 2019
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James
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Jeb
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Winemaker Notes
Bright yellow color. Aromatic nose reminiscent of candied grapefruit, orange zest, ripe apricots and peach jam, hints of vanilla in the background. On the palate elegant yet persistent with crisp acidity, fresh fruit, discreet spiciness and lingering minerality in the aftertaste. Wonderful example with convincing length.
Blend: 68% Sauvignon Blanc, 32% Sémillon
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Green apples, flint, nettles, cloves, dried jasmine, cedar and juniper berries on the nose. It’s medium-to full-bodied, seamless and serious. So fresh. Layered and long. Bottle age will give this more.
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Wine Enthusiast
Associated with Graves cru classé Château Bouscaut, this wine is full, wood aged and ripe. It is young, still taut and coiled, but has great promise. A mix of peach and green-apple flavors is opened out by wood. Drink from 2025.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Clean lemon blossom, white peach, and white flower notes all emerge from the 2019 Château Bouscaut Blanc, a medium-bodied, beautifully balanced white with loads to love. It has good acidity yet shows the soft, balanced, elegant style of the vintage nicely.
Barrel Sample: 90-92
Sometimes light and crisp, other times rich and creamy, Bordeaux White Blends typically consist of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon. Often, a small amount of Muscadelle or Sauvignon Gris is included for added intrigue. Popularized in Bordeaux, the blend is often mimicked throughout the New World. Somm Secret—Sauternes and Barsac are usually reserved for dessert, but they can be served before, during or after a meal. Try these sweet wines as an aperitif with jamón ibérico, oysters with a spicy mignonette or during dinner alongside hearty Alsatian sausage.
Recognized for its superior reds as well as whites, Pessac-Léognan on the Left Bank claims classified growths for both—making it quite unique in comparison to its neighboring Médoc properties.
Pessac’s Chateau Haut-Brion, the only first growth located outside of the Médoc, is said to have been the first to conceptualize fine red wine in Bordeaux back in the late 1600s. The estate, along with its high-esteemed neighbors, La Mission Haut-Brion, Les Carmes Haut-Brion, Pique-Caillou and Chateau Pape-Clément are today all but enveloped by the city of Bordeaux. The rest of the vineyards of Pessac-Léognan are in clearings of heavily forested area or abutting dense suburbs.
Arid sand and gravel on top of clay and limestone make the area unique and conducive to growing Sémillon and Sauvignon blanc as well as the grapes in the usual Left Bank red recipe: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and miniscule percentages of Petit Verdot and Malbec.
The best reds will show great force and finesse with inky blue and black fruit, mushroom, forest, tobacco, iodine and a smooth and intriguing texture.
Its best whites show complexity, longevity and no lack of exotic twists on citrus, tropical and stone fruit with pronounced floral and spice characteristics.