Le Petit Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc AOP - Château Smith Haut Lafitte

In the glass, the Le Petit Haut Lafitte Blanc from Château Smith Haut Lafitte offers a bright pale yellow color. After the first swirl, one can perceive a perfect balance in this white wine, because it stands out on the glass walls neither watery nor syrupy or liqueur-like. Poured into a white wine glass, this Old World white wine displays wonderfully expressive aromas of orange, pineapple, lemon and jasmine, rounded out by other fruity nuances.

The Château Smith Haut Lafitte Le Petit Haut Lafitte Blanc presents itself to the connoisseur wonderfully dry. This white wine is never coarse or meager, but round and smooth. Balanced and complex, this light white wine presents itself on the palate. The final of this youthful white wine from the wine-growing region of Bordeaux, more precisely from Pessac-Léognan, finally convinces with considerable reverberation.

Vinification of the Château Smith Haut Lafitte Le Petit Haut Lafitte Blanc

The basis for the balanced Le Petit Haut Lafitte Blanc from Bordeaux are grapes from the grape varieties Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon. Of course, Le Petit Haut Lafitte Blanc is also determined by climate and viticultural style Pessac-Léognan. This French wine can be called an Old World wine in the best sense of the word, and it is extraordinarily impressive. After the grape harvest, the grapes are immediately taken to the press house. Here they are selected and carefully broken up. Fermentation then takes place in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperatures. At the end of the fermentation, Le Petit Haut Lafitte Blanc is allowed to further harmonize on the fine lees for a few months.

Food recommendation for Château Smith Haut Lafitte Le Petit Haut Lafitte Blanc

This French wine is best enjoyed moderately chilled at 11 - 13°C. It is perfect as an accompanying wine to vegetable salad with beetroot, coconut-lime fish curry or asparagus salad with quinoa.

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