Larrivet Haut Brion Blanc Size:12x750ml This is perfectly good but

This is perfectly good but not at its usual level

The palate is medium-bodied with dense

The 2006 Contino Graciano (100%) spent 13 months in French and Hungarian oak

While the dusty finish offers solid balance

are trimmed in just enough wood to notice

Larrivet Haut Brion Blanc Size:12x750ml This is perfectly good butOn 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