This may shock a fair number of readers: One of the greatest wines in Bordeaux is a dry white. It is made by first growth Château Haut-Brion. Quantities are small, as these wines are rare. And if or when you can even find them, they can be quite expensive. The 2014 vintage received a 100-point score from Wine Enthusiast; previous years have regularly achieved 97 points or more.
Sense of Place
What is it that makes this white Bordeaux, and many others, so impressive? “It is balanced, aromatic, complex and, above all, marked by its terroir,” says Fabien Teitgen, managing director at Château Smith Haut Lafitte, also in
