Les Champs Libres 2021 (750ML)

95-97 JD / 96 DE / 96 JA / 94 AG / 93 VM

The other white from the Lafleur team, I think the 2021 Les Champs Libres is even better. Based on 100% Sauvignon, it has tons of chalky minerality as well as notes of citrus, pear, and white flowers. Medium-bodied, focused, racy, yet incredibly concentrated, it's brilliant stuff any way you look at it. -Jeb Dunnuck.

A multidimensional, concentrated and seriously impressive Champs Libres in 2021. Youthful exuberance is fully on show, with lemon and lime, grass, elderflower and pear notes on the nose alongside some perfumed aromatics. Mouthwatering and succulent on the palate, full of lemon, peach and bright clementine notes given high definition by mineral, slate and wet stone nuances. Power, density and energy with layers and supreme length. It's still a baby at the moment, not yet showing its best, but one of the most promising whites in 2021, with sucrosity, juiciness, a linearity but opening to an expansive finish which hints at where this wine will go given time. Seriously impressive and totally moreish. -Georgina Hindle, Decanter.

Les Champs Libres hits it out of the park in 2021. Gunsmoke opener, followed by structured white peach, pear, sage, crushed rocks, green apple, pummice stone slate and liquourice bud, with a squeeze of sweeter citrus pureee as it opens up in the mid palate. A truly great white that doesn't try too hard to impress, and is content to take its time. Savoury, mouthwatering, delicious. Harvest September 9 to 11. 100% aged in barrels. -Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux.

The 2021 Les Champs Libres is one of the best editions of this wine yet. Rich and explosive, with tremendous dimension, the 2021 screams with character. Pear, white flowers, slate, mint and a kiss of French oak all race out of the glass. The 2021 is fabulous. I would be thrilled to own it. - Antonio Galloni, Vinous Media

The 2021 Les Champs Libres, from white clay soils, has a less yeasty nose than I noticed from barrel, gaining more refinement as I suspected. Scents of dried white flowers and candle wax are well defined, developing crushed limestone notes with aeration. The palate is very well-balanced with orange pith, citrus peel, hints of white peach and mango toward the finish. There’s a lovely underlying tropical element here with a hint of lemongrass on the aftertaste. Excellent.  - Neal Martin, Vinous Media.