Aged Bordeaux Blanc

When I wrote about drinking a 21 year old white Rioja, I had not counted on drinking something older very soon, at least not an aged dry white. I was thus pleasantly surprised to find that we were having this 1989 Chateau Bouscaut Blanc for dinner at the KCCWS meeting on Bordeaux 2001. OK, it is a year since the Tondonia and the wine is only from the year before the Rioja, but that still makes it a 23 year old. As is just visible beneath the label it was an old gold colour, in fact suggestive of Sauternes with a bit of age. There was lemony acidity on the nose, but also with notes of bamboo shoot. The palate was slightly sweet with ample acidity, which was lemony at first, turning rather hard and minerally going towards the finish.