2007 La Croix De Carbonnieux Blanc

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Brand: Chateau Carbonnieux
Style: White Wine
Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc
Region: Graves
Category: France
Size: 750 ml

2009 September Wine Club Reserve Selection

Every Chateau of Bordeaux has a long and complicated history behind it, and Chateau Carbonnieux is no exception. Too long to tell here, let me give you the abbreviated version of their history:

Constructed in the fourteenth century, inhabited by Benedictine monks who aren't that into wine, vines disappear from the estate. Passes on to a merchant family, two centuries pass, last members of this family unfortunately sent into exile, estate now in a sorry state. Back to Benedictine monks, now wine-lovers, vines replanted and reputation as a vineyard begins to grow. A revolution or two ensue, estate is sold to a wealthy family, then a few more wealthy families, falls to phyloxera and a sorry state once again. Doctor buys estate, revives it, sells it to industrialist, industrialist sells it to present owners, who finally bring it to the reputation it enjoys now... and makes this delicious white wine. (Phew!) We find it more friendly in style than many Bordeaux blancs, with good minerality and acidity but with more peachy tropical fruit than we often expect.

Food pairing: Raw oysters on the half-shell

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