Vieux Chateau Gaubert, Blanc, Graves

Past consumption

Mid gold, honey, spice and clove on the nose. Flavour is full bodied, grapefruit and other tropical fruit but oak quite prominent. Very good.

I would venture to say that white Graves is not uppermost in most minds when it comes to having a glass of wine in a restaurant. This is probably a shame as it can more than hold its own with many of the over-rated chardonnays and pinot grigios that populate many lists. This one was particularly satisfying, offering a fine scent of floral oak, lovely mouth-feel, some citrus and of course the minerality one might expect. Good breeding here.