Château la Garde 1990

Lot presentation

Château la Garde 1990

The wine

The white Pessac from Château La Garde is wonderful. The wood aromas are discreet (15% of new barrels), which allows to appreciate these wines, when still young with citrus notes (grapefruit). When aged, the wine displays honey notes.

Château La Garde lies in the commune of Martillac and covers 58 hectares. The white wine grapes have an average age of 15 years; while those for red wine are 20 years old. The vines are planted on fine gravelly hilltops with a vein of clay. Vins at Vignobles Dourthe has owned La Garde since 1990 and has done a great deal to improve the property. Depending on the year, a few hectares of the best terroir are reserved for the production of a cuvée called Chef d'Oeuvre (Masterpiece).