2020, Clos Floridène, GRAVES, BlancBordeaux Blanc: Sauvignon Blanc, Smillon. The 2020 Clos Floridne Blanc is laced with apricot, dried flowers, mint and a touch of spice. Light on its feet and airy, the 2020 is decidedly understated. Today it comes across as a bit light, especially on the mid palate. 90 Antonio Galloni, Vinous (2022). The 2020 Clos Floridne Blanc has a simple primal, grapefruit and lemon zest scent nose. The palate is well balanced with crisp acidity, quite linear and

with a juicy

touches of tobacco emerge with time

retaining the mixture of red and black fruit that it showed out of barrel

98 Jane Anson

Red cherries and strawberries dominate the nose with softly-spiced liquorice touches

it's a rich

91-93 Burghound

the flavours and texture float across the palate

Quite direct right now

without much contribution from the plateau above

This is seriously good

the decadently fruited palate is jam-packed with layers of blue and black fruit preserves