LE G DE CHATEAU GUIRAUD BORDEAUX BLANC - 2011

Known more for its Sauternes, Chateau Guiraud's Le G is a dry white wine, barrel fermented in one year old Sauternes barrels and aged for six months on the lees.  80% Sauvignon Blanc, 20% Semillon. 13.5% alcohol.

TASTING NOTES:

Golden yellow with aromas of meadow grass, peaches, nectarines, and citrus. On the palate there's persimmons, creamy melon, grapefruit and pear. Smooth, dry finish with lots of minerality and composure. 

SCORE & RECOMMENDATION:

92 PTS
For $16 this is serious, sophisticated wine.  You don't come across this kind of layered complexity, ever-evolving in the glass kind of wine at this price point.  A wonderful wine. Triumph.