This white Graves wine has a generous, expressive bouquet with notes of exotic fruits such as mango, as well as peaches and white flowers, including acacia. On the palate, it offers a well-balanced body with mineral notes that give way to a lovely freshness… A true success!
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Eye
pale gold color with brilliant highlights
Nose
A generous, expressive bouquet with notes of exotic fruits such as mango, as well as peaches and white flowers, including acacia
Palate
The palate offers a well-balanced profile, with mineral notes that give way to a lovely freshness
Serve
at 10-12°C
Open
1/2 hour before
Drink starting at
2015
Drink before
2019
Food and Wine Pairings
Pairs well with seafood, fish, and white meats
Bettane & Desseauve
Rated estate (2017 guide) 1*Star (A high-quality, recommendable wine that lives up to what one would expect from its appellation(s))
About the estate:
In 1872, the Franciscan sisters founded the Providences orphanage at Château Crabitey. The vineyard was the community’s primary source of income. In 1985, they enlisted the help of Jean-Ralph de Butler, an agricultural engineer, who refined the estate. Today, his son Arnaud is building on his father’s legacy and remains the sole owner, as the sisters withdrew from Crabitey in 2008. This cru is one of the most meticulously tended in the Portets area and certainly the one that produces the most balanced wines. Here, we find ourselves at the heart of classic Bordeaux flavor.
Guide Hachette des vins
Rated estate (2017 guide) Award-winning wines (This producer's wines regularly receive awards from the guide)
About the estate:
A former orphanage and vineyard established in 1872 by the Franciscan Sisters on the Portets plateau. In 1985, the order called upon Jean-Ralph de Butler, an agricultural engineer, to modernize the estate, and eventually sold it to him in 2008. Arnaud de Butler took over in 1999. The vineyard covers 28 hectares of Garonne gravel soils.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Estate rated "Recommended" (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Wine rated (2015 guide) 15/20 (2013 vintage) (Good wine)
Rated Estate (2017 Guide) Selected (Please note that this guide is a ranking, and as such, all the estates listed here—even those without a star—represent, in our view, the pinnacle of French winemaking.)
About the estate:
At the helm of 28 ha of vineyards—a significant portion of which is located on one of the most beautiful gravel-covered hillsides in Portets—Arnaud de Butler has, over the course of about fifteen years, turned this Graves wine into one of the appellation’s leading examples. In 2008, he launched a comprehensive vineyard restructuring program, prioritizing Cabernet Sauvignon on the finest hillsides of his estate. This was a wise choice, as evidenced by the significance of this grape variety in the quality of recent vintages (particularly the 2014 vintage, which will be available later this year). His wines have become significantly fuller-bodied and more assertive over the past 10 years. Gaining in smoothness and fruit expression, the wines have also made tremendous strides in elegance, in both whites and reds. Often full-bodied, the reds are never at their best until their first three or four years in the bottle, and can age for up to ten years in the most concentrated vintages.
Customer Rating
3.2/5
based on 4 reviews
Review and comment by Mr. CHRISTIAN P. Published on November 18, 2020
Typical Sauvignon bouquet: boxwood, iodine, citrus!!! Nice length
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Review and comment by Mr. CHRISTOPHE P. Published on March 23, 2025
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Review and comment by Mr. NICOLAS G. Posted on April 19, 2019
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Review and comment by Mr. JEAN MARC B. Published on July 27, 2018
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