Chateau Haut-Vigneau Pessac Leognan Blanc 2022 seminar-template An important source of Rye

An important source of Rye in the mashbill is the Brown family farm up in the Mattole Valley of Humboldt County

If your idea of Meunier is 'soft and fruity

and polished tannins that suggest years of graceful development ahead

and drinkable in a way Nebbiolo rarely allows itself to be

Aged mostly in large French oak with a portion macerated on skins in steel

Chateau Haut-Vigneau Pessac Leognan Blanc 2022 seminar-template An important source of RyeHaut Vigneau is a smaller Pessac Leognan property created in the late 1980s and managed by Eric Perrin, who also runs the better known Carbonnieux. It's a value tier white in an appellation where dry whites can climb fast in price. The 2022 blanc is barrel aged Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon fresh and zippy on the attack, with a honeyed weight on the mid palate that hints at the oak. A good introduction to white Pessac without the First Growth price tag.