2025 Technical Specifications
Alcohol 12.93%
Grape Varieties 30% Viognier, 30% Roussanne and 25% Marsanne; the published percentages total only 85%, so the blend is incomplete and no missing percentage is inferred.
Classification Vin de France
Region Bordeaux Blanc
Closure Cork
Production Details Le Figaro recommends serving at 12–14°C and records that its April 2026 en-primeur sample was still undergoing élevage.
Tasting Notes Ella Lister, tasting the still-aging en-primeur sample in April 2026, described lemon, passion-fruit panna cotta and smoky gunflint aromas, followed by a tense, pure, mineral, fine and long palate.
2024 Technical Specifications
Grape Varieties 35% Viognier, 35% Roussanne, 20% Marsanne, 10% Rolle
Classification A.O.C. Bordeaux
Region Bordeaux Blanc
Production Details Maturation was divided equally among barriques, 400-liter oak barrels and egg-shaped concrete tanks. The importer lists annual production as 1,300 without stating the unit. Le Figaro recommends serving at 12–14°C and records that its April 2025 en-primeur sample was still undergoing élevage.
Tasting Notes Ella Lister, tasting the still-aging en-primeur sample in April 2025, described oriental flowers, quince paste, white peach and fresh river-stone minerality, with a bright, chiseled, fine, smoky-stony, tense, complex and long palate.
2023 Technical Specifications
Region Bordeaux Blanc
Soil Clay and limestone
Harvest Dates 11 Sep 2023
Production Details The 1.7-hectare parcel lies along the main drive of the historic walled vineyard and was planted in equal quarters of Viognier, Roussanne, Marsanne and Rolle. These are vineyard planting proportions, not an asserted 2023 finished-wine blend.
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Producer Information
Website
Address
Chemin de la Ménagerie, 33460 Margaux-Cantenac, France
Phone
+33 5 57 88 35 91
Email
Owner
Cruse family; Françoise and Jacky Lorenzetti
Cellarmaster
Clément Di Costanzo