Château Fourcas Hosten Blanc 2019, Bordeaux White

Full of life !
A warm, rich and powerful vintage, with two peculiarities: long harvests, presenting three weeks of maturity difference on only 2,2ha; a micro-plot approach, depending on sub-soils and rootstocks. And this is the very first use of an amphora! Summer conditions settled from mid-June, with four episodes of rain until September. The vines experienced water stress, but no over-stress: even if the water did not always go very deep, the vine had it exactly at the moment it needed it, continuing to be fed, to produce very aromatic grapes. A perfect balance with very delicate notes of beeswax, white peach-flower and a hint of grapefruit. Lively acidity and mineral character. Long finish.