2018 Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte Blanc

來自 Pessac‑Leognan 的 Cru Classé 白酒：既有力量又保有清新，值得收藏也能即刻享受。

【為什麼選它？】
1) 酒莊血統 -> Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte 屬於頂級列級，品質有保證，喝一口就知道在水準之上。
2) 細緻釀造 -> 人手採收、無氧壓榨、50% 新橡木發酵＋12 個月酒泥攪拌，質感厚實但不被木桶掩蓋。
3) 平衡拿捏 -> 中段圓潤絲滑，酸度又很清晰，桌上配餐彈性大。

【侍酒師私房筆記】先是淡淡的青黃水果和柑橘皮，轉開杯後白花、蜜瓜和一絲薑香跑出來；入口帶奶油般的中段，隨後被鹽感礦物和俐落酸度拉起，收結又長又乾淨。現在喝建議醒兩小時，會更柔順、更見層次。

【田地與釀造】酒莊位處碎石與燧石地帶，受大西洋微風影響，土壤礦性鮮明。採小箱手採、用惰性氣體保護壓榨，冷澄澈後入法國橡木桶（50% 新桶）發酵，酒泥攪拌 12 個月，靠細膩工序堆疊口感與深度。

【場景化配餐】適合週末天台海鮮晚餐、家宴做法式奶油魚或生日小聚。也能配有豐富醬汁的白肉或成熟奶酪，簡單就能提升整個晚餐的格調。

【降維打擊對比】同等級白波爾多中少有能兼具陣容與鹽感層次的選擇——質地與陳年潛力媲美名莊，但價格與取得性更有競爭力，性價比高。

A rare, Cru Classé white from Pessac-Leognan—powerful yet vividly fresh, built to age and impress.

【Why choose it?】
1) Estate pedigree -> Cru Classé quality from Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte, offering depth that rewards cellaring and special occasions.
2) Precision winemaking -> Hand-harvested, oxygen-free pressing and 50% new French oak fermentation deliver concentrated aromatics without heavy oak.
3) Balanced complexity -> Rich, velvety mid-palate balanced by bright saline acidity—versatile at the table.

【Sommelier's private note】On the nose it’s initially restrained—citrus peel and orchard fruit open with air into candied grapefruit, white flowers and a thread of ginger. The palate is medium-full, almost creamy from 12 months on the lees, then lifted by taut acidity and a stony saline streak that carries into a very long finish. If drinking now, give it two hours in a decanter to let the textures relax and the mineral spine show.

【Winemaking & Vineyard】Grapes are hand-picked into small crates, pressed under inert gas, cold-settled and fermented in French oak (50% new). A year of ageing with bâtonnage in barrels from the estate cooperage builds texture. Soils in Pessac-Leognan—gravel and flinty subsoils with Atlantic influence—impart that characteristic mineral lift.

【Occasion】Pair with a rooftop seafood dinner, a celebratory birthday set menu, or a refined home-cooked Western feast—this is a bottle to lift a special meal.

【Competitive edge】Compared with many benchmark white Bordeaux and top Loire whites, this bottling delivers Cru Classé lineage, long ageing potential and a saline minerality that reads more 'terroir' than oak—excellent value for its stature.

Specification

• Alcohol %: 14 - 14.5%
• Decant Time: 2 hours
• Taste: grapefruit zest, ripe peach / apricot, cantaloupe / honeyed melon, lime blossom, fresh ginger spice, flinty / wet stone, saline minerality, vanilla oak, velvety mid-palate, bright acidity, long saline finish
• Food Matching: Pan-seared salmon / Salmon meunière, Smoked marlin pâté, Chicken in cream sauce, Meaty/oily fish (tuna, mackerel, swordfish, monkfish), Livarot or washed-rind cheeses
• Grape Variety: Sauvignon Blanc : 90%, Semillon : 5%, Sauvignon Gris : 5%,

Winery

Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte（Cathiard 家族經營）是 Pessac‑Leognan 的 Cru Classé 酒莊，以嚴謹的田間管理與兼顧傳統與現代的釀造理念著稱。酒莊有自家製桶作業，重視土壤與微氣候的表現。

Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte — a Cru Classé estate in Pessac‑Leognan, family-owned by the Cathiard family, known for meticulous vineyard work and a modern yet terroir-driven approach.