2024 Les Champs Libres
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This is a star of the vintage. Les Champs Libres is always impressive, but in 2024 it’s exceptional – a pure and mineral wine that is textured, linear and taut. Like Pavillon Blanc, it’s a wine that you’d unlikely guess was pure Sauvignon Blanc. The aromatics are subtle at this stage, the wine tightly wound, with pithy citrus and white florals, honeysuckle and jasmine, mingling together. The finish is long, with the line of acidity driving towards its salty, mouthwatering point. Blend: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
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The 2024 Les Champs Libres brings another level of depth, complexity, and length. Ripe citrus, grapefruit, crushed stone, and a hint of fresh basil all shine here, and it's medium-bodied on the palate, has a pure, layered, elegant mouthfeel, integrated yet high acidity, and a great finish.
The 2024 Les Champs Libres is vivid and beautiful but also quite reticent today. In 2024, Les Champs Libres is bright and nicely lifted, with deceptive depth to match its airy, refined personality. Les Champs Libres is 100% Sauvignon Blanc vinified and aged in French oak. Its balance is exquisite, even if the 2024 is not as showy as most vintages.
Grated ginger with citrus, chamomile, white tea, grip, energy, gunsmoke, preserved lemons. One of the very few wines this year that make you feel the smile, the electricity, and the desire to own it. Clay limestone soils, harvest 10 and 11 September. 100% Sancerre massal selections. One of the wines of the vintage, from the team at Château Lafleur.
About the producer
The Société Civile du Ch. Lafleur is the collective name for the Guinaudeau family’s wines and estates. These are some of the Right Bank’s most famous wines, including Ch. Lafleur and Les Pensées in Pomerol, along with Les Perrières, Les Champs Libres and Ch. Grand Village in Fronsac.