Professional reviews
Robert Parker (93)
Compared to the 2022, the 2023 Grand Village Blanc is more fruity and dense, evoking aromas of lemon oil, verbena, kumquat and confit citrus. Broad but tensile, it’s medium-bodied with a fleshy core of fruit and a delicately phenolic frame that segues into a chalky, saline and bright finish. This blend of 80% Sauvignon and 20% Sémillon is simply stunning.
James Suckling (95)
Chalky eggshells with limey citrus, stone fruit and minerals. Superbright and precise, with medium body and a zesty, salty, bone-dry and pithy finish. Beautiful and gastronomic. One of the best ever? A blend of 80% sauvignon blanc and 20% semillon. Irresistible now but will hold well.
Jancis Robinson (16.5)
80% Sauvignon Blanc, 20% Sémillon. Cask sample.
Aromatically exuberant with pear and citrus notes. Lovely volume of fruit with a line of acidity that goes from start to finish. Salinity which gives extra length. GV? James Lawther MW
Decanter (92)
Green apple and elderflower notes on the nose. Bright and zippy, instantly mouthwatering with super high acidity but also creamy lemon and peach aspects that temper the acidity and give more of a round mouthfeel despite the energy. Zingy, intense, but layered and complex yet at the same time so easy to drink! Lovely and clean with a very precise, almost mineral finish.
