Château de Parenchère - Bordeaux blanc 2021
15/20
Bettane & Desseauve
89/100
James Suckling
Médaille d'Or
Gilbert & Gaillard
Médaille de bronze
Decanter
A wine that’s 100% pure pleasure! A white wine with intense aromas of white fruits and citrus, combining freshness and roundness on the palate. Thanks to this balance, it pairs perfectly with fish and seafood.
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Eye
Pale color with straw-colored highlights
Nose
With citrus aromas blended with notes of white fruit and jasmine
Palate
Lively, with lovely acidity; round and full-bodied
Serve
At 10-12°C
Drink before
2024
Food and Wine Pairings
Perfect with seafood, grilled fish, and poultry...
Bettane & Desseauve
Wine rated 15/20 (2020 vintage) (Very good wine)
Rated estate (2021 guide) 1*Star (A well-crafted, recommendable wine that lives up to what one would expect from its appellation(s))
About the estate:
Purchased in 1958 by Raphaël Gazaniol, a native of Morocco, the estate currently spans 180 hectares, 70 of which are planted with vines on the best-exposed plots. As a result, 32 different plots are vinified separately and selected either for the base wine—already of high quality—or for the famous “Cuvée Raphaël,” a striking demonstration that a simple Bordeaux appellation can produce magnificent wines, or for the “Cuvée Esprit,” produced only when the vintage warrants it, made primarily from Cabernet aged for 14 months in new oak barrels. The production is rounded out by white Bordeaux and Bordeaux clairet. These are wines of character, balanced and charming. A cohesive range of unwavering consistency.
Decanter
Wine awarded a bronze medal (2020 vintage)
Guide Hachette des vins
Rated estate (2021 guide) Award-winning wines (This producer's wines regularly receive awards from the guide)
About the estate:
On the border between the Gironde and Dordogne departments stands a Périgord-style château, built in 1570 by Pierre de Parenchère, governor of the Sainte-Foy-la-Grande region, along with a vast vineyard (67 ha of vines) that consistently produces high-quality wine. Raphaël Gazaniol, a winemaker who had returned from Morocco, acquired it in 1958 and later passed it on to his son Jean and his granddaughter Julia. In 2005, a Swedish wine enthusiast, Mr. Landin—who also owned a vineyard in Montalcino, Tuscany—purchased the estate.
Guide des Vins Gault & Millau
Estate rated 1*Star (High-Quality Production)
About the estate:
Located not far from Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, in the far eastern part of the Bordeaux region, the Château de Parenchère vineyard benefits from a clay-limestone terroir with a very high clay content. The approximately 60 hectares, planted with red grape varieties, are dominated by Merlot (50%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (40%)—the latter on the best-exposed plots—supplemented by Cabernet Franc. Planting densities have been gradually increased to over 5,000 vines per hectare. A white wine has rounded out the lineup for the past few vintages.
Wine Enthusiast
Rated Estate (2020 Guide) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Wine Enthusiast)
Gilbert & Gaillard
Wine Awarded a Gold Medal (2020 Vintage)
James Suckling
Wine rated 89/100 (2020 vintage)