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JAMES SUCKLING: "A creamy and tropical white with juicy notes of mangosteen, papaya and apricot. Round and medium-bodied. Fresh and persistent."
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THE WINE ADVOCATE: "The 2021 Larrivet Haut-Brion Blanc exhibits aromas of confit citrus, crisp orchard fruit and pastry cream, followed by a medium to full-bodied, satiny and incisive palate that's textural but tensile, concluding with a saline finish. A maturing vineyard combined with winemaking that emphasizes plenty of lees has delivered an excellent result this year."
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DECANTER: "Grass, elderflower, green apple, lime and floral notes on the nose. Gently driving on the palate, this builds from start to finish with a creamy, crushed stone aspect that marries with apricot, peach and pear notes and a lifted salted-lime finish. This feels precise with clarity of fruit and an expansiveness in the mouth. You also get terroir markers in the slate and crushed stone texture and flavour. Not the most exuberant but direct, persistent and characterful. A brilliant effort."
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FALSTAFF: "Helles Gelbgrün, Silberreflexe. Ein Hauch von rosa Grapefruit, weiße Tropenfruchtaromen, Pfirsich und Limettenzesten, mit feinen Wiesenkräutern unterlegt. Mittlerer Körper, frisch strukturiert, ein Hauch von Birne, dezent salzig im Abgang, ausgewogen und gut anhaftend."
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LISA PERROTTI-BROWN: "The 2021 Larrivet Haut-Brion Blanc rolls out with expressive notes of white peaches, green mango, and cedar, plus suggestions of coriander seed and wet pebbles. Medium-bodied, the palate delivers impressive intensity and a satiny texture with stone fruit and mineral layers and a long finish."
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THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "The nose is just great with all of its pineapple, white peach, honeysuckle, mango, orange rind and waxy lemons in the perfume. Fresh, crisp and energetic, with a bit of chalk to accompany all the yellow fruits in the finish. Drink from 2023-2030."
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JANCIS ROBINSON: "Slightly deeper colour than most and richer fruit. Really rather sumptuous. Reverberates on the finish. Floral notes and quite broad, though there is sufficient acidity to keep it interesting. I could happily drink this soon, and without food. Seductive. Long. Drink 2023 - 2029."
