From a blend of 55% Sauvignon Blanc and 45% Semillon, the wine is bright, fresh, lively and delivers a blast of honeysuckle, pomelo, lemon rind and vanilla aromatics with a stony essence. Rich, fresh and refreshing, you can drink this now, or age it for years. Tasted May 2016

Wine Advocate February, 2009

It is always interesting to taste this wine next to its stablemate, Laville Haut-Brion. While Laville has 80% Semillon in it, giving it more fat and concentration, Haut-Brion is 55% Sauvignon Blanc and 45% Semillon. This is a crisp yet powerful wine, full-bodied, with great minerality and a subtle smokiness intermixed with hints of quince, white currant, orange skin, and lemon custard. Long, rich, and tightly knit, with good acidity and no evidence of any oak whatsoever despite the use of 100% new French oak, this wine is set for a long life as well. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2035.

Drink 2008-2026
-Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide No 7 (94-97)

Good full yellow with green highlights. Wonderfully complex but reticent nose offers peach, flowers, spices and hints of exotic fruits. Silky, fat and large-scaled, with wonderfully ripe but delineated flavors of mirabelle, ginger and honey. The sweet, very long finish saturates the palate with honey and nut flavors. Compelling wine, but I still give a slight edge to the 2004.