95pts Wine Enthusiast
Open, opulent, generous wine, kept in check with spicy wood and acidity. The wine is ripe with delicious yellow fruit flavors.
92pts Wine Advocate
A stunningly rich nose of melons, honeysuckle, pineapple and orange rind are followed by a fresh, well-proportioned, medium to full-bodied dry white Graves to drink over the next decade or more.
90pts Wine Spectator
Juicy, with peach, yellow apple and fennel notes meshed together, backed by a lightly toasted brioche and wet straw finish. The toasty backdrop imparts weight, but there's also freshness.
Winemaker Notes
Juicy, with peach, yellow apple and fennel notes meshed together, backed by a lightly toasted brioche and wet straw finish. The toasty backdrop imparts weight, but there's also freshness.
Blend: 80% Sauvignon Blanc, 20% Semillon
History
Chateau Larrivet Haut-Brion was acquired by the Gervoson family in 1987. They restored the estate's unity, once again combining the Chateau, outbuildings, 13 hectares of grounds, and 42 hectares of vines under one owner, as well as replanting 18 hectares of land that had laid fallow.
A team of enthusiastic professionals has done a wonderful job of giving Chateau Larrivet Haut-Brion back its superb reputation, and the estate is once again universally recognised as one of the finest wines in the Pessac-Léognan appellation.
