Aile d'Argent 2021 (6x75cl)
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Sharp lemon and lime, grapefruit and apricot and peach - exotic yellow fruits and fresh white stone fruits. Lovely clarity and weight on the palate, it has the density and the texture, juicy but not too much, lively but not too much. Just a wonderful crystalline aspect - absolute purity but with the depth coming from the slightly exotic fruit - pineapple with peach and zest citrus fruits that add sweetness and bitterness while a lick of slate gives a salty tang. Rich but also light and playful - excellent balance and overall delectability. So many details on show. 3.25pH.
Drinking Window: 2024 - 2040
Reviewer Name: Georgina Hindle
Review Date: 1st April 2022
Beautiful intensity and grip through the palate, this shows white pear, juicy citrus, and slate-filled salinity on the finish. Great stuff, with teasingly drawn out flavours, lift and tension, and hidden depths. Some frost meant the yields were lower than normal at 32hl/h. 15% malolactic fermentation to soften the acidities, with Sauvignon Gris vines included within the Sauvignon Blanc count, and no Muscadelle in the blend as the vines have now been uprooted, giving a slight break in style (for the better in my opinion). 3.25ph, 45% new barrels for ageing. First year with Jean-Emmanuel Danjoy as director from beginning to end of the growing season, after Philippe Dhaulluin's retirement.
Drinking Window: 2023 - 2034
Reviewer Name: Jane Anson
Review Date: 12th May 2022
Another beautiful white in the vintage, the 2021 Aile D'Argent Blanc is 64% Sauvignon and 36% Semillon brought up in 45% new barrels. Ripe melon, honeyed almond, chalky, and bright grapefruit notes all emerge on the nose, and it's medium-bodied, with wonderful purity, a great mid-palate, and one heck of a finish. I'd buy it.
Reviewer Name: Jeb Dunnuck
Review Date: 2nd June 2022
Explosive aromatically with citrus, exotic fruit and herbal notes. Sauvignon in all its splendour. Generous fruit on the palate but freshness through and through, the finish bone dry and with admirable persistence. Pure hedonism but at a price.
Drinking Window: 2023 - 2030
Reviewer Name: James Lawther MW
Review Date: 11th May 2022
The 2021 Aile d'Argent has a more Sauvignon-driven bouquet with lime flower, orange pith, a hint of grapefruit and gooseberry. The palate is well-balanced with a spicy entry, just a hint of ginger, well-balanced with a saline finish. This is absolutely delicious.
Drinking Window: 2025 - 2036
Reviewer Name: Neal Martin
Review Date: 12th May 2022