When it comes to French wines, everyone thinks of top dry red wines such as Domaine de La Romanee-Conti, Chateau Lafite Rothschild, Chateau Latour and Chateau Marguax, and few people think of dry white wines. In fact, many French appellations also produce very good dry white wines, such as Montrachet, Sancerre and Hermitage. Today, take stock of the 10 most iconic dry white wines in France.
1. Dry white wine from le Flaysquet's Monthachet Grand Prix
Domaine Leflaive Montrachet Grand Cru
Features: The most expensive dry white wine in France
Domaine Leflaive is one of the most famous wineries in Burgundy, and since 1990, the winery has been growing organically, completely eliminating pesticides, chemical fertilizers and herbicides, farming and composting to improve the soil quality, and only using natural yeast when fermenting, making it one of the most ecological and organic wineries in Burgundy.
The most famous wine of Château Le Flay is the Dry White Wine of the Grand Prix de Monthachet, which is currently the most expensive white wine in Burgundy, with an international average price of 38,883 yuan, which is more expensive than the Romani Contis Monthachet Dry White. Made from chardonnays more than 30 years old, fermented with skin maceration and aged in oak barrels for 16-18 months, Le Flamont Haché is aged for 16-18 months with rich aromas of minerals, gravel and spices, while also with a mellow aroma of honey and pears, the texture is soft as velvet, the layers are complex and varied, and the aftertaste is extremely long, up to 60 seconds or more, making it the best dry white wine of Burgundy.
2. Romani Conde Winery Monhachet Grand Prix Dry White Wine
Domaine de La Romanee-Conti Montrachet Grand Cru
Features: The most representative dry white wine of Burgundy
Domaine de La Romanee-Conti, located in the Cote de Nuits region of Burgundy, France, is known as the "King of Burgundy" and is one of the best and most well-known wineries in the world. The winery's Romanée-Conti wines are among the most expensive in the world, with up to 100,000 yuan per bottle, and are known as "wines that millionaires can afford, but only billionaires can afford".
In addition, the winery produces the most expensive dry white wine in Burgundy: the dry white wine of the Monhachet Grand Prix. The wine comes from 0.6759 hectares of Montrachet vineyards, with an annual production of only 3,000 bottles and an average international price of $300 million. In 1855, dr. Ravier, who graded the best vineyards in Burgundy, Lavalle) called the wine number one in the white wine industry and is one of the most coveted by wine tasters around the world.
3. Dry white wine from château François-LaVerio Chloe
Domaine Francois Raveneau Les Clos Grand Cru
Features: Chablis's most representative dry white wine
Founded in 1948, Domaine Francois Raveneau owns the most famous and revered vineyard in the Chablis appellation: Les Clos. The vineyards of the winery are small, only 7.5 hectares, and have always been known for their "low yields". The winery has always adhered to the winemaking concept of "manual non-intervention" and is one of the best wineries in the Chablis region.
The winery has been producing only Grand Garden and First Class White wines until 2007, when the first Chablis Wines were introduced, the most well-known of which is the Chloe Gardens Grand Garden Dry White. This wine is made of 50 years old vine, aged in oak barrels for more than 18 months, the aroma is very strong, the taste is smooth and delicate, the layers are varied, very attractive, the current international average price is as high as nearly 3,600 yuan, is one of the most expensive Chablis dry white wines. Among them, the 2002 vintage of Chloe Park Premium Park Dry White was evaluated with a full score from Parker.
4. Sharon white medium white dry champagne
Salon Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Features: The most representative dry white wine in the Champagne region
The Salon has been brewing White-and-White Champagne since 1911, initially just for family drinking, but quickly became famous for its quality and was sold by a steady stream of shoppers, and today it remains one of the finest wineries in the Champagne region.
Salon white champagne has always had the reputation of "champagne king", all wine grapes are from the grand vineyard more than 40 years old vine vines, pure hand picking, after the completion of the brewing is not immediately put on the market, but wait to meet a certain standard before the market. Sharon White Champagne is not produced every year, only in the best vintages, with an average of only 3-4 vintages per 10 years, with a huge potential for aging, up to 50 years. The 1928 salon white champagne that won the "Best Champagne" award is still drinkable today, which shows the charm of salon champagne and naturally becomes a collector's favorite collection.
5. Dry white wine of Houbowang Winery
Chateau Haut-Brion Blanc
Features: Bordeaux's most iconic dry white wine
Located in the Pessac-Leognan appellation on the left bank of Bordeaux, Chateau Haut-Brion was the only first-class estate in the 1855 Bordeaux classification that was not in the Medoc. Château Houber king is also the only first-class winery in the world where both red and white wines are of the world's highest level. The Château de Las Haubelors is the smallest of bordeaux's 5 first-class estates, but it is the earliest to become famous, a hundred years earlier than several other first-class estates.
Blended from Semillion and Sauvignon Blanc, the Haubeuil dry white wines are aged in oak barrels for 9-12 months, with vineyards of less than 3 hectares and extremely rare production of only 450-600 cases per year, making it Bordeaux's premier fine dry white, the only genuine dry white wine among the top 5 estates and one of bordeaux's most expensive white wines.
6. Shaptier Chateau Monk Dry White Wine
M.Chapoutier Ermitage l'Ermite Blanc
Features: The most representative dry white wine in the Rhône Valley
Chateau Sapptier (M. Chapoutier) is one of the most famous wineries in the Nord Rhône Valley, which has pushed French wines such as Romani Kandi (DRC) and Chateau Lafite Rothschild, and has been selected as the most respected wine brand in France by Drinks International, an authoritative magazine in the British beverage industry. The château is also included in Parker's book The Complete Book of the World's Top Wines and Wineries and is one of the 25 Rhône Valley wineries. Parker once commented: "In my career, I have not seen any estate where the quality of winemaking has improved faster than That of Sharptier, and the philosophy of winemaking has changed more than That of Sharptier."
The winery has always been adhering to the winemaking philosophy of "returning to the land and reducing the artificial influence of the winemaker", taking the lead in adopting biodynamic cultivation methods and brewing methods, and only producing the purest wines that are closest to the characteristics of natural terroir. Among them, the monk dry white wine is the best embodiment, this wine is made of 100% old vine Hushan, aged in a new small oak barrel, without clarification and filtration on the bottling, the annual output is only about 1,000 bottles, get Parker 10 full score evaluation, is currently the world's most full score of dry white wine, of which 5 consecutive years to get full score, which in the history of wine can be described as unprecedented.
In addition, the winery's Ermitage De L'Oree dry white wines are outstanding. In 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, four consecutive years received Parker's 100 rating and was one of the top dry whites in the Rhône Valley. Made from the 70-year-old Marsanne, it is one of the most complex dry white wines in the Rhône Valley, fermented in 600-liter large wooden barrels, aged for 6 months with puree and aged in oak barrels for 12 months.
7. Dry white wines from Château Grillet
Chateau Grillet
Features: The most representative vioni dry white wine in the Rhône Valley
Chateau Grillet, an AOC appellation with only one winery, was only 1.7 hectares when it was granted AOC in 1936 and has now expanded to 3.8 hectares. There is only one winery in the appellation, called Fort Grillet.
Viognier grape varieties are grown only, all of its wines are made from Viogni, its vines are about 45 years old, aged in oak barrels for 18 months after the completion of the vintage, often with aromas of violet, hawthorn flowers and roses, soft and thick, thick and full,its rich oiliness can be well balanced with acidity, can compete with Burgundy Monthacher wines, its aging potential of more than 20 years. The annual production of chrysoborough dry white wines is very rare, less than 10,000 bottles, and it is one of the best and finest dry white wines in the Rhone Valley region.
8. Dagno winery flint dry white wine with Sauvignon Blanc
Didier Dagueneau Silex Sauvignon Blanc
Features: The most representative dry white wine of Sauvignon Blanc in the Loire Valley
The Loire Valley is rich in dry white wines, with Sancerre and Poyfme being the top 2 appellations. Didier Dagueneau Silex Sauvignon Blanc is an outstanding representative of Sauvignon Blanc wines in the Loire Valley, known as one of the best Sauvignon Blanc in the world. Labelled flint, this mineral-rich wine is a vine of about 50 years old, aged in oak barrels for 12 months, with complex aromas and a long aftertaste, producing only 1,000 to 2,000 cases.
Its winemaker, Didier Dagueneau, is a genius winemaker in the Loire Valley and one of the best Sauvignon Blanc winemakers in the Loire Valley, known as Henri Jayer's best student, a big advocate of Jayer's "non-interference" winemaking philosophy, and was named one of the world's 10 best white winemakers by Decanter in 2006.
9. Bomal Winery Butterfly Garden Dry White Wine
Domaine des Baumard Savennieres Clos du Papillon
Features: The most representative white wine of the Loire Valley
The Domaine des Baumard is one of the oldest wineries in the Loire Valley, dating back to 1634. The owner, Jean Baumard, is one of the most renowned winemakers in the Loire Valley, meticulous and hands-on in every detail of cultivation and winemaking, and the wines produced are complete and flawless in their varieties, regions and vintages, so the winery's white wines have become the model and benchmark of the Loire Valley.
The winery's most famous dry white wine is Butterfly Garden Dry White, made from chenin Blanc, which is more than 30 years old, often with faint aromas of wet rock, steel, flowers, lemon peel, citrus, pear and almond, full of mineral flavor, moderate body, crisp and sour, full of complex body, full of aging potential of up to 20 years, is one of the best dry white grapes in the Loire Valley, and has repeatedly received more than 94 points from parker and other wine critics.
10. Hongbresh Winery Windspur Garden Qiongyao Pulp Dry White Wine
Domaine Zind-Humbrecht Gewurztraminer Clos Windsbuhl
Features: The most representative dry white wine in Alsace
Founded in 1959, Domaine Zind-Humbrecht is one of the most prestigious wineries in the Alsace region. The owner of the winery, Olivier Humbrecht, is a world-renowned winemaker and the first Frenchman to be awarded the title of "Master of Wine". The winery has always been known for its characteristics such as "old vines, late picking, low yield, biodynamic method and temperature-controlled large oak barrel fermentation", and the white wines produced have received 4 full parker ratings, making it the most rated winery in Alsace.
The winery's Windspur Garden Qiongyao Pulp Dry White wine is one of the finest dry whites in Alsace, with lingering aromas of flowers, lychees and spices, smooth texture, rich and full of wine, changeable layers, aging potential of more than 10 years, excellent quality, has won parker's 95 points many times.