Château Talbot Bordeaux Blanc Caillou Blanc 2019

Vibrant yellow, fully ripe and engaging, orange peel, pink grapefruit, apricot, with character and exotic richness and a welcome oyster shell salinity as it opens in the glass. White grapes were planted here in the late 1920s, and the brand created in the 1950s, making it one of the oldest in the Medoc. They harvest late to avoid too much Sauvignon Blanc stereotype character, press in whole bunches to give edge of salinity, then barrel ferment in one third new oak, 7 months with two months lees stirring + 7 months bottle ageing before release.