Château du Cèdre - Les Grèzes 2024
The Les Grèzes Blanc 2024 from Château du Cèdre offers a bright and finely detailed expression of the limestone hills of the Southwest, in a style combining freshness, precision, and natural elegance. The pale yellow color with greenish reflections announces a lively and radiant wine. The nose opens with clear aromas of fresh lemon, grapefruit, and blackcurrant bud, typical of Sauvignon Blanc, complemented by notes of white flowers and a touch of juicy pear brought by the Muscadelle. A subtle mineral nuance, evoking wet stone, enhances the sensation of purity. The whole is expressive but never showy, with a straight and refined aromatic profile. From the first sniff, the wine displays great clarity and true overall freshness.
On the palate, the attack is frank and taut, driven by a lively acidity that stretches the wine with precision. The Sauvignon Blanc impresses its fresh and lemony backbone, while the Muscadelle adds a slight extra roundness and suppleness in the mid-palate. The texture remains fluid, elegant, without any heaviness, with a saline sensation that enhances drinkability. The careful vinification, focused on preserving fruit and tension, allows the terroir’s identity to be fully expressed without artifice. The palate maintains a beautiful balance between liveliness, body, and aromatic finesse. The finish, clean and persistent, extends the citrus and floral notes with great brightness.
The Les Grèzes Blanc 2024 is a fresh gastronomic wine, as appealing as an aperitif as it is at the table. It perfectly accompanies seafood, oysters, grilled fish, ceviche, or light plant-based cuisine made from crunchy vegetables and fresh herbs. Its natural tension and aromatic finesse also make it an excellent partner for fresh or goat cheeses. Served around 9 to 11 °C, it fully expresses its brightness, precision, and balance. Best enjoyed young to benefit from its liveliness and pure fruit, while it can also evolve harmoniously over a few years towards more complex and mineral notes. It is a straight, elegant, and very readable white wine that reveals a refined and contemporary facet of Château du Cèdre.
Grape varieties: Sauvignon Blanc (90%), Muscadelle (10%)
