Freddy R. Troya

9.1

Clos des Lunes "Lune d'Argent" 2024. Bordeaux Blanc – Bordeaux, France 🇫🇷

Overview
A classic Bordeaux Blanc crafted from 70% Sémillon and 30% Sauvignon Blanc, produced by Clos des Lunes, the white wine estate of the Bernard family (SC Domaine de Chevalier) in one of Bordeaux's finest white wine terroirs. While still in its youth, the 2024 vintage already reveals exceptional balance, precision, and elegance. Its beautifully integrated texture hints at an even brighter future with a few years of bottle age.

Aromas & Flavors
Expressive aromas of white peach, ripe citrus, honeysuckle, lemon blossom, and fresh herbs unfold alongside subtle notes of wet stone and flint. The palate is layered yet remarkably refined, where the richness of Sémillon meets the freshness and lift of Sauvignon Blanc.

Mouthfeel
Medium-bodied with a silky, almost creamy texture balanced by vibrant acidity. Despite its youthful structure, the edges are already remarkably soft, leading to a long, mineral-driven finish that lingers with freshness rather than weight.

Food Pairings
A natural companion for oysters, scallops, lobster, grilled prawns, sea bass, Dover sole, or creamy goat cheese. Its precision and elegance make it an outstanding seafood wine.

Verdict
Another outstanding vintage that continues the remarkable consistency of Clos des Lunes. The 2024 is tighter than the 2023 but noticeably more polished, combining youthful energy with impressive finesse. Delicious today, yet clearly built to reward three to six years of cellaring.

Did You Know?
Clos des Lunes is owned by the Bernard family, also proprietors of the prestigious Domaine de Chevalier in Pessac-Léognan. Although produced under the Bordeaux Blanc appellation, the estate applies many of the same meticulous vineyard and cellar practices that have made Domaine de Chevalier one of Bordeaux's benchmark producers of dry white wine.

🍷 Personal Pick
This has quietly become one of the cornerstone whites in my cellar. I've followed several vintages, and each one seems to refine the style even further. The 2024 impressed me with its precision, softer edges, and seamless balance despite its youth. It's one of those bottles I never hesitate to recommend, beautiful now with seafood, but patient enthusiast will be rewarded with even greater complexity in a few years.
— 6 days ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.5

Cena lider mty @ gand cru — a month ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.7

Aaron brown — 4 months ago

Scott Kahn

9.1

Rich dark red fruit and tannic structure - a nice drink now but the wine will approve with age. — 9 months ago

Nick Griffin

8.9

Nice and fruity. Medium body with a short finish. Get good notes of fruit and some pepper on the nose — 6 years ago

Irene Anderson

9.2

Yummy, smooth, goes with a variety of foods. Love this! — 7 years ago

Roberto Carli

9.3

Very intense but well-balanced. Tightly wound on the nose with lanolin and beeswax, and a little bit of lemon curd, giving more lemon and viscosity on the palate. Long finish — 3 hours ago

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

vintages 2023/2024 in one bottle | Biowine from the rather obscure Jasnières, 90 ha divided over 30 vintners | chenin blanc at its best: razorsharp smell with impressions of almonds. Fruitiness in taste with a balanced acidity and bitters | drank this on the hottest day of summer with our local simple salad ‘ Slaoi meej juin meej aai meej èrrepel’ | makes happy — a month ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.9

Gorgeous and elegant, with finesse, classic white Burgundy acidity, mineral sapidity, and real purity. Beautiful wine. — a month ago

Irina Georgieva

9.1

Well balanced wine, deep and rich taste — 3 months ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

This is like wine candy and not in the way I normally refer to wine candy. In this case, fruity but a bit too sweet. This tastes like a higher brix pick than I prefer w/ my red burgundy. The sweetness does fade some after it long sets.

Black cherries, strawberries, raspberries with some blue fruit. Eucalyptus, a pungent herbaceous quality, dry top soil, dry limestone powder, fresh & used tobacco, dry leather, dry twig, pronounced barrel shavings, soft baking spices- strong clove, understated cinnamon, nutmeg & vanillin, some grilled meats, pepper, mid berry cola, dry river stone, nice red, dark, blue florals with violets, excellent acidity and a well knitted structure-tension, needs more time to be well balanced but elegant & polished long finish that lasts minutes and long sets on dry earth minerals & spice.

Maybe, better with a good long cellaring? — 8 months ago

Olivier Bogaert

9.3

Kerstmis 19 ONK — 7 years ago

Vasanth Balakrishnan

9.0

citrus lemon grapefruit honey aromatics, more textured than most #bordeauxblanc wines at this price point. Excellent QPR. — 20 days ago

Her Mir Tage

9.4

Hubert Lignier's Clos de la Roche 2001 is an elegant beast—powerful in structure, layered and unfolding progressively, with fleshy texture, dark fruit, and black pepper intertwining. It's a very 'un-Roche' Roche. I've had AR's Roche and Dujac's Roche before, but neither had this kind of sheer power.

The 2014 DRC Richebourg exceeded expectations. I wasn't a big fan of the 2014 vintage before—it's a weaker year after all. But this one only started to open up after three hours of decanting, from 5 PM to 8 PM. I poured it three times over the evening, and each glass showed a different evolution:

· First glass: hawthorn and sour plum soup.
· Second glass: elegant rose perfume began to emerge, along with white pepper spice.
· Third glass: fully opened—red fruit, floral notes, and licorice intertwined, with a slender, lean, elegant frame—charming and refined, never cloying.

What a joyful evening. Both bottles were absolutely delightful! — 11 days ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.8

Acker auction @ marea — 3 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.7

Cata winegeeks cdjrz magnum
5to lugar — 3 months ago

Jack Petras

9.5

Bought this 2020 cru at $50. While in Cleveland. Was assured it was worth every penny it and it is outstanding. Crushed dark fruits including fig with spices. Juniper, pine, camphor oil, leather and bitter orange peel. Truly one of the biggest and most complex Moulin a Vents I’ve ever had. A wintry wine for roasted foods. Has easily another 5 years ahead of it. — 5 months ago

Carola V

9.2

Agreste, Barcelona - cumple papá 2024

2020 vintage. Light body, very nice, fruity and slightly carbonic — 2 years ago

Arielle

9.0

Matt’s most favourite — 6 years ago

Jeremy Autry

9.1

Delicate and refined. Not what I am use to with wines from Jumilla. However, age has likely mellowed this one out. Slightly past it’s prime perhaps, but reminds me of a nice Barolo. — 7 years ago