Château Smith Haut Lafitte, Le Petit Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc 2021 vs Santenay 'Les Champs Claude', Domaine Benoit Girardin 2023
Compare current tracked prices, stockists and core specifications. Santenay 'Les Champs Claude', Domaine Benoit Girardin 2023 currently starts £0.30 lower.
| Availability | In stock | In stock |
|---|---|---|
| Best current price | £36.80 | £36.50 |
| Current stockists | 1 merchant | 1 merchant |
| Producer | Château Smith Haut Lafitte | Domaine Benoit Girardin |
| Style | White | White |
| Grape | Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon | Chardonnay |
| Size | 750ml | 750ml |
| Where to buy |
Château Smith Haut Lafitte, Le Petit Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc 2021
The château overlooks the vines from atop a hill (or “la fitte” in local dialect) composed of river stones and semi-precious pebbles deposited by the Garonne millions of years ago. Consisting of günz gravel, Smith Haut Lafitte’s terroir has two astonishing features: superb natural drainage forcing the vine roots to sink deep into the soil in order to find nourishment, and a “mirror effect” of the sun’s rays reflected by the gravelly soil.
Santenay 'Les Champs Claude', Domaine Benoit Girardin 2023
Son of Yves and nephew of Vincent, Benoit Girardin has steadily carved out his own reputation and is already turning heads in the Parisian restaurant scene. 2023 was a standout vintage for Girardin, delivering both quantity and quality. "From a young-vine parcel first produced in 2020, this Santenay is fresh and precise. The nose offers floral notes with bursts of lime and grapefruit. The interplay of clay soils at the bottom and limestone at the top gives the wine a pleasant minerality and energy, complemented by a clean, lime-tinged finish." Our note While white yields were typical, the reds saw an unprecedented abundance. The whites were harvested first, beginning on September 7th, with the reds following on September 10th. Whites show a harmonious balance between sugar and acidity, with greater maturity and slightly softer acidity compared to 2022. The reds are all 100% destemmed with no fining or filtration, while the whites retain purity and definition with meticulous filtration.
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