Larrivet Haut Brion Blanc Vintage:1998 The wine has good intensity

The wine has good intensity

(89-92)/2024+

gorgeous wine

A blend of 85 per cent merlot and 15 per cent cabernet franc

This is followed by a full-bodied

Larrivet Haut Brion Blanc Vintage:1998 The wine has good intensityOn opening a chilled bottle, Lovely waxy, honeyed but dry finishing, classic old dry white bordeaux. Edge of ashiness. This is decidedly not for neophytes. You need to have tasted some young, lanolin scented, sometimes rather oily dry white bordeaux to appreciate how this wine has matured and taken on so much more interest and balance. Well done, FVD, for shining the spotlight on this unique style of wine and for locating such a haunting, mature