New Wine Tasted:

MOUTON CADET, BORDEAUX, 2010

Especially with regards french wine, Bordeaux whites seem to be some of the most under rated of all, i have noticed that's in the shop people are very wary of Bordeaux whits, unless there around the £7-8 range and then they are just looking at the price. i only stock 4 sometimes 5 Bordeaux whites in the shop but try to keep the better ones from the fairly sparse list we have, so when a new one comes available i feel obliged to get it in and try it out, and recently the Mouton Cadet range from Rothschild has appeared on our order list, and since the red proved popular recently i ordered the white.

As with most Bordeaux whites the wine is made up of sauvignon blanc (65%) and semillion (30%) but has a little muscdelle (5%) in there too, which should bind it together nicely and keep some fruit along with some nice dryness.

Lovely golden stray color, and looks well structured in the glass.
Strong but fresh nose, clean an a little crisp with some hints of lemon and a strong but not prevalent aroma of fresh peach. Fresh and fruity, so far so good.
On the palate, good body, lovely fruity but fresh and easy drinking. Again that nice mix of lemon and fresh peach coming through but not too overwhelming and good finish, with nice slight acidic aftertaste that really leaves you wanting more.

Great Bordeaux white, at £13.99 its worth every penny and will definitely be one i will return to again and again.