This is a Graves estate whose wines (both red and white) I had tasted quite on quite a few occasions. I think the first time was at one of those hotel F&B promotions where you buy a "wine passport" and both red and white were on offer. We were pleasantly surprised by the quality of this relatively unknown estate. Looking up in High John's pocket book made us keep an eye out for this estate - Leognan property with perfectionist standards, now who wouldn't with this sort of recommendation?
Originally Ch La Rivette when it came into being in the 1800s, the owner started calling it Haut-Brion Larrivet in 1874, much to the consternation of Ch Haut-Brion proper. Later the wines were rebranded as Larrivet Haur-Brion after the threat of lawsuit. 61 of its 72 hectares are planted with red grapes - Merlot and the two Cabernets, whilst the remaining 11 heactares are planted with Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc. My most recent encounter was the 2005 Blanc at the Century of Fives tasting.
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