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2022 Graves Blanc “Les Fleurs de Graville”
Château Graville-Lacoste
Hervé Dubourdieu’s easy charm and modest disposition are complemented by his focus and ferocious perfectionism. He prefers to keep to himself, spending most of his time with his family in his modest, tasteful home, surrounded by his vineyards in the Sauternes and Graves appellations. Roûmieu-Lacoste, situated in Haut Barsac, originates from his mother’s side of the family, dating back to 1890. He also owns Château Graville-Lacoste and Château Ducasse, where he grows Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc, and Muscadelle for his Graves Blanc and Bordeaux Blanc, respectively.
Hervé also occasionally produces a few barrels of “Les Fleurs,” which is a selection of some of his best Graves grapes that he vinifies separately and raises in barrel alongside his Sauternes (his other whites are raised in stainless steel). The wood brings another dimension and another level of complexity to this dry white. Lush with distinctive minerality and great nerve, this is an exceptional white Bordeaux value.
Wine Type: | white |
Vintage: | 2022 |
Bottle Size: | 750mL |
Blend: | 50% Sémillon, 50% Sauvignon Blanc |
Appellation: | Graves |
Country: | France |
Region: | Bordeaux |
Producer: | Château Graville-Lacoste |
Winemaker: | Hervé Dubourdieu |
Vineyard: | 45-60 yrs; 1 ha |
Soil: | Clay & limestone on fissured rock |
Aging: | Aged in new oak barrels for 8 months |
Farming: | Lutte Raisonnée |
Alcohol: | 13% |
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About The Producer
Château Graville-Lacoste
About The Region
Bordeaux
Often considered the wine capital of the world, Bordeaux and its wines have captured the minds, hearts, and wallets of wine drinkers for centuries. For many, the wines provide an inalienable benchmark against which all other wines are measured.
Bordeaux is divided into three winegrowing regions with the city that gives the region its name in the near geographical center. The “right bank,” or the area located east of the Dordogne River, produces wines that are predominantly Merlot with small amounts of Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. The “left bank” is located to the west of the Garonne River and produces wines dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon, with Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot.
The third region, Entre-Deux-Mers, lies between both rivers and produces white wines from Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon, and Muscadelle. Though technically in the left bank, it is worth noting the appellation of Sauternes, which produces arguably the world’s most famous sweet wines from Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon, and Muscadelle as well.
Though many top Bordeaux wines are sold en primeur (in advance of their bottling) and often through a middleman known as a negoçiant, Kermit has always preferred to purchase directly from the winemaker. For more than three decades he has sought out small producers, who make classic Bordeaux wines and are willing to play outside the negoçiant system. This ethic has led to longstanding relationships, excellent prices, and perhaps most important—wines of great value and longevity.
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Kermit once said...

Kermit once said...
Let the brett nerds retire into protective bubbles, and whenever they thirst for wine it can be passed in to them through a sterile filter. Those of us on the outside can continue to enjoy complex, natural, living wines.
Inspiring Thirst, page 236