Larrivet Haut Brion Blanc Vintage:1998 More acidity than you might

More acidity than you might expect – angular

The wine has good intensity

19 ha parcel where the oldest vines of the Domaine were planted in 1938)

this is stunning

Larrivet Haut Brion Blanc Vintage:1998 More acidity than you mightOn opening a chilled bottle, Lovely waxy, honeyed but dry finishing, classic old dry white bordeaux. Edge of ashiness. This is decidedly not for neophytes. You need to have tasted some young, lanolin scented, sometimes rather oily dry white bordeaux to appreciate how this wine has matured and taken on so much more interest and balance. Well done, FVD, for shining the spotlight on this unique style of wine and for locating such a haunting, mature