Bordeaux Blanc
Presentation video
https://youtu.be/giLYg6BcQuU
The vintage
The 2024 vintage was marked by particularly complex weather conditions. Periods of heavy spring rains led to significant sanitary pressure, followed in the summer by episodes of heatwaves and drought. Fortunately, the cool nights of August helped preserve the acidity and aromas of the white grapes, especially benefiting Sauvignon. This vintage required constant vigilance and precise work from our teams. In the end, 2024 stands out as an excellent white wine vintage, offering wines with beautiful aromatic intensity, great freshness, and moderate alcohol levels.
Location
Les Légendes R Bordeaux blanc comes from the Entre-deux-Mers region.
Terroir
Entre-deux-Mers vineyard rests on the hillsides located between the two rivers South East of Bordeaux: the Dordogne and the Garonne. To get our Bordeaux Blanc so incredibly crisp and aromatic we harvest the grapes before sunrise. This keeps them cold and preserves their delicate aromas, producing wine that’s bursting with flavour from the moment it’s opened.
Winemaking
After pressing of the graoes, a cold maceration (4°C) takes place during a few days (3 to 4 days) in order to extract more aromas from the skins contact. The juice is then fermented à low temperature (16°C) in stainless steel vat. No malolactic fermentataion to keep the fresnness and the acidity of the wine. The wine is aged on lees in vats a few weeks in order to get more volume and richness in mouth.
Tasting
Pale straw colour.
The nose is highly aromatic, dominated by notes of citrus : lime and grapefruit, enhanced by an exotic touch of passion fruit.
The wine is fresh and aromatic on the palate.
Alcohol content
11.5