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Château Crabitey 2014

Bordeaux

White

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3.3/5 (3 customers)

15/20

RVF

(2013 vintage notes)

This white Graves has a generous, expressive bouquet with notes of exotic fruits such as mango, as well as peach, white flowers and acacia. On the palate, the wine is well-balanced, with mineral notes followed by a lovely freshness... A real success!

Features

Estate

Château Crabitey

Vintage

2014

Designation

Graves

Region

Bordeaux

Grape varieties

70% Sauvignon, 30% Semillon

Terroirs

Garonne gravel on clay veins

Viticulture

sustainable agriculture

Harvest

at optimum maturity

Winemaking

traditional and meticulous

Breeding

6 months in French oak barrels on lees with stirring, 1/5 new oak.

Alcohol content

13%

Tasting & pairing

Eye

pale gold in colour with brilliant highlights

Nose

generous, expressive bouquet with notes of exotic fruits such as mango, peach and white flowers, acacia

Mouth

the palate offers a well-balanced body, with mineral notes that are prolonged by a beautiful freshness

Serve

at 10-12°C

Open

1/2h before

Drink from

2015

Drink before

2019

Food and wine pairing

Food and wine pairing

Enjoy with seafood, fish and white meats.

Château Crabitey

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Bettane & Desseauve

Domaine rated (2017 guide) 1*Star (A serious, recommendable production, in line with what one has the right to expect from its appellation(s))

About the domain :

In 1872, the Franciscan nuns founded the Providences orphanage at Château Crabitey. Vines were the essential resource of this community. In 1985, they called on Jean-Ralph de Butler, an agricultural engineer, who perfected the estate. Today, his son Arnaud amplifies his father's work and remains the sole owner, as the sisters withdrew from Crabitey in 2008. This cru is one of the most carefully tended in the Portets area, and certainly the one that produces the most balanced wines. This is the heart of classic Bordeaux taste.

Guide Hachette des vins

Guide Hachette des vins

Rated domain (2017 guide) Awarded wines (The wines of this producer are regularly awarded by the guide)

About the domain :

Former orphanage and vineyard created in 1872 by the Franciscan nuns on the Portets plateau. In 1985, the order called on Jean-Ralph de Butler, an agricultural engineer, to modernize the estate, eventually selling it to him in 2008. Arnaud de Butler took over in 1999. The cru comprises 28 hectares of Garonne gravel.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Domaine noté Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Rated wine (guide 2015) 15/20 (vintage 2013) (Good wine)

Domaine noté (guide 2017) Sélectionné (We remind you that this guide is a prize list and that, as such, all the estates that appear in it, even without a star, represent, in our eyes, the excellence of French production).

About the domain :

At the head of 28 hectares of vines, a good part of which are planted on one of Portets' finest gravelly hilltops, Arnaud de Butler has made this Graves cru one of the appellation's benchmarks over the last fifteen years. In 2008, he embarked on a vast program to restructure the vineyard, giving priority to Cabernet Sauvignon on the finest croupes of his estate. A wise choice, as demonstrated by the importance of this grape variety in the quality of the latest blends (particularly 2014, which will be available later this year). Over the past 10 years, his wines have become much fuller and more assertive. Gaining in mellowness and fruit expression, they have also made enormous progress in elegance, both in white and red wines. Often corpulent, the reds are never better than in their first three or four years in bottle, and over ten years in the most concentrated vintages.

Customer reviews

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Note and review by M. CHRISTIAN P. Published on 18/11/2020

Typical Sauvignon bouquet: boxwood, iodine, citrus fruits! Nice length

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Note and review by M. NICOLAS G. Published on 19/04/2019

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Note and review by M. JEAN MARC B. Published on 27/07/2018

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