Wine Spectator 89
“A breezy, friendly white, with mingling jicama, white peach and fennel notes and a late flurry of honeysuckle and verbena. Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc.”
by Wine Spectator, JM, 2022.

Tasting notes
Beautiful bright and shiny pale gold color. Intense and generous aromas of citrus, white and exotic fruit, delicate honey and white flowers. White peach, lychee and kiwi fruit make a good cocktail. Notes of acacia flower in the bouquet. Perfect clearness. On the palate pulpy ripe white fruits with. On the palate immediate sensationof pulpy ripe white fruit with unctuous touch. This gives good volume, and pleasure is increased by good acidity and radiant density of fruity flesh. Purity, precision and balance control provide a great sensation, very refreshing.

Description
Clos des Lunes “Lune Blanche” is the estates entry level wine, made for early drinking. The wine is aged in a combination of stainless steel tanks and concrete vats for an average of 6 months before bottling. The wine is produced from a blend of 70% Semillon and 30% Sauvignon Blanc. Clos des Lunes can be enjoyed on the young side with no decanting. In fact, it is delicious and quite a treat young, even on release! However, Clos des Lunes does have the ability to develop and age, so depending on the wine, and the vintage, you can age it for a few years.

Estate
Starting several years ago, Olivier Bernard and the team at Domaine de Chevalier made a strong commitment to Clos des Lunes, an ancient vineyard in Sauternes, among the finest in Bordeaux. Relying on an intimate relationship with the terroir, the ultimate aim is to create one of the greatest dry white wines on the market.

Clos des Lunes is located in the heart of a small area encompassing the finest great growths of Sauternes, in the communes of Sauternes and Bommes. Historically, this terroir has always been recognized for its ability to produce top-quality sweet white wines.

However, before botrytisation, the grapes obviously go through a phase of optimum ripeness that is also conducive to making dry white wines. The fine soil and microclimate here are ideally suited to producing very great dry white wines with remarkable freshness. We take maximum advantage of these unique features.