2018 Puygueraud Blanc
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The Puygueraud 2018 Blanc, composed of 90% Sauvignon Blanc and 10% Sauvignon Gris, delivers a pretty perfume of white peaches, fresh pears and lime blossoms with hints of allspice and white pepper. The medium-bodied palate is crisp, elegant and refreshing, offering loads of stone fruit and apple-inspired flavors with a zippy, zesty finish.
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Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate
Neal Martin
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The 2018 Puygueraud Blanc has a lovely, very pure and quite intense bouquet of almond and honeysuckle, plus a faint background scent of cream puffs. The palate is well defined with apricot and tangerine on the entry, matched by quite a striking bead of acidity that imparts citric nervosité on the finish. This is a delicious white Bordeaux from Nicolas Thienpont and his team.
I love the white from this estate, and the 2018 Château Puygueraud Blanc is a vibrant, almost racy wine with lots of lemon and lime fruit as well as a touch of honeyed minerality, medium-bodied richness, and bright, clean, crisp acidity on the finish. It's ideal for enjoying over the coming 3-5 years.
The 2018 Puygueraud Blanc, 90% Sauvignon Blanc, 10% Sauvignon Gris is an absolutely fabulous dry white. Orchard fruit, citrus and floral notes are front and center. More than that though, the 2018 impresses for its freshness, energy and delineation. It's a gorgeous white with texture and character to burn. I loved it.
About the producer
The Thienpont family bought Ch. Puygueraud in 1946, running it as a farm until the 1980s when Nicolas Thienpont moved the focus to viticulture, with the first vintage in 1983. Based in the Francs Côtes de Bordeaux, the property comprises 47 hectares of vines, both red and white.