2019 Clos des Lunes Lune D’Argent Blanc

2019 Clos des Lunes- Lune D’Argent Blanc

2019 Clos des Lunes- Lune D’Argent Blanc Lune d’Argent is the heart of Clos des Lunes’ production. We firmly believe in the future of this legendary terroir and it’s truly original style. With a touch of French oak, the Semillon is dense and rich, the Sauvignon Blanc refined and precise. This cuvée of dry white wine promises to convey all the magic of Sauternes. Winemaker

Bright and zesty nose of green pineapple, gooseberry, lime curd, passion fruit and crushed stone. Wax and nougat, too. Medium-bodied with crisp acidity and a fresh, creamy palate. Excellent length. 70% Semillon and 30% sauvignon blanc. Drink now or hold. 93pts Suckling

Pure white peach, tart pineapple, white flowers, and chalky mineral notes all emerge from the 2019 Clos Des Lunes Lune D’Argent Blanc, a Semillon-dominated, medium-bodied, concentrated, wonderfully textured white. This is well worth your time and money, and I suspect it will have a decade of longevity. Best After 2022 93pts JD

Such an aromatic nose, wow, the aromas just jump out the glass – lime, mandarin peel, candied lemon – smells more on the Sauvignon side. This is lovely on the palate, it has a great weight with definition and structure from the Semillon. There is acidity but it’s really well integrated giving a rounder, more wide and weighty wine than light and super fresh. I like the style, it’s gourmet and rich but still with a lovely lift and overall appeal. This also has a really delicate but wonderful florality to the fruit – perfumed lychee, pear and peach. Delicious. Just short of unctuous but on the good side. Crack open now and enjoy with food. 93pts Decanter

Crisp, fresh and creamy with white peach and tart pineapple, this white wine screams to be served chilled on a hot Summers day. This gorgeous white is brought to us by the Bernard family who also own the famous Domaine de Chevalier as well as Lespault Martillac and Domaine de la Solitude. They are famous for making white Bordeaux. The wine is selected from a rolling vineyard from where we get the great Sauternes, from one of the greatest white wine terroirs in the world. The vineyard is made up of old vine Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon, the two white grapes made famous by dry white Bordeaux. The 2019 Clos des Lunes- Lune D’Argent Blanc (white) is a great example of white Bordeaux receiving massive scores and priced under twenty is an absolute steal for such quality.

The winemaking practices at Clos des Lunes take inspiration from those of Domaine de Chevalier, and benefit from an expertise in creating impressive dry white wines.
“A great wine originates from great fruit. It is the natural expression of a great terroir. Man simply reveals it… The terroir determines everything”, explains Olivier Bernard. This approach, based upon an absolute respect for the terroir and the fruit, is put into practice through an endless pursuit of quality through research and constant refinement.
Just like at Chevalier, the harvest at Clos des Lunes is carried out by hand, with extreme care and several passes through the vines as the grapes reach maturity. It takes place in the morning. This level of precision throughout the picking and sorting processes makes it possible to obtain perfectly ripe fruit.

In the winery, the purity of the fruit therefore allows for a simple, natural vinification that enables the individual properties of the terroir to reveal themselves. Following the precise and plot-by-plot approach to harvesting, vinification takes place in small thermo-regulated vats of 50 hectolitres or in barrels. This is determined according to the quality of wine, following a very gentle, slow pressing of the grapes.