Château Larrivet Haut-Brion 2011

Name: Château Larrivet Haut-Brion 2011
Brand: Château Larrivet-Haut-Brion
Rating: 3.6 (7 reviews)

Pessac-Léognan|White wine

Bordeaux

White

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Drink or Keep

3.6/5 (7 customers)

15/20

RVF

15,5/20

Bettane & Desseauve

90/100

Robert Parker

92/100

Wine Spectator

"The aromas are racy, with pure fruit, great minerality and quality oak, the palate opulent, rich, with fortunately superb vivacity." (Le Guide Bettane & Desseauve des Vins de France 2014). A well-structured, balanced, complex and powerful wine with excellent length. A gastronomic white! Delivery in wooden cases for orders of 3 bottles of this wine.

Features

Estate

Château Larrivet-Haut-Brion

Vintage

2011

Designation

Pessac-Léognan

Region

Bordeaux

Grape varieties

70% Sauvignon, 30% Sémillon

Terroirs

Deep gravels with sandy matrix on clay sub-layer

Viticulture

Tillage or grassing, leaf thinning, green harvesting

Harvest

partly manual

Winemaking

in new French oak barrels (70%) and concrete eggs (30%) with stirring three times a week for 3 months

Breeding

11 months in new barrels with regular rolling of the barrels to bring the fine lees back into suspension

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Bright, brilliant yellow

Nose

powerful with vanilla, apricot and pineapple; finishes with mineral notes

Mouth

well-structured, balanced, powerful, very good length, fresh and complex

Serve

at 10-12°C

Open

1/2 hour before

Drink from

2016

Drink before

2018

Production

Approx. 13,000 bottles

Food and wine pairing

A great gastronomic wine, to be enjoyed, for example, with steamed chicken breast in tarragon cream sauce...

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Expert opinion

Bettane & Desseauve

Wine rated (2014 guide) 15.5/20 (Very good wine)

Domain rated (guide 2021) 2*Stars (A serious and recommendable production, but a little more regular and homogeneous than the previous one)

About the wine:

The aromas are racy, with pure fruit, great minerality and quality oak, and the palate is opulent, rich, with, fortunately, superb vivacity.

About the domain :

In the heart of Léognan, this beautiful 75-hectare estate was bought in 1987 by Philippe Gervoson, also head of the Andros company. It produces modern-style wines, with flattering, vinous reds, while the whites have become much more full-bodied and precise. The arrival of Bruno Lemoine as managing director in 2007, winemaker of the famous 1990 Montrose (among others), has enabled the cru to assert even more personality. The reds are undeniably charming but not without elegance, and have great ageing potential. The whites, in much the same vein, are aromatically exuberant, powerful and endowed with incredible personality. A sure bet for the appellation.

Robert Parker - Wine Advocate

Rated (2014 guide) 90/100 (Wonderful wine)

Domain rated (guide 2021) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)

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

Wine rated (2016 guide) 15/20 (Good wine)

Domaine rated (2022 guide) 1*Star (Stars in the making or quality winegrowers with a good level of production, you won't be disappointed when you taste the wines from these estates)

About the domain :

Owned by the Gervoson family (Andros Group), this estate consistently produces pleasant, accessible wines, distinguished by their aromatic exuberance. Boasting a beautiful terroir on the heights of Léognan, not far from Haut-Bailly and La Louvière, the cru also benefits from modern winemaking facilities with a brand-new concrete vat room. Bruno Lemoine, director since 2007, and François Gaudichon, cellar master since 2015, bring an extra degree of precision to the stylistic definition of the wines.

Wine Spectator

Rated 92/100 (Outstanding wine)

Wine Enthusiast

Domain rated (guide 2021) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Wine Enthusiast)

James Suckling

Rated Domaine (2021 guide) Recommended

Customer reviews

Customer rating

3.6/5

on 7 reviews

Note and review by Mme BRIGITTE G. Published on 30/07/2017

Extremely disappointed by this wine, completely the opposite of the description given: no minerality, very alcoholic, no fruit, too much oak, impression of a wine at the end of its life.