2015 Liber Pater Denarius Blanc

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Type of Wine White
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Appellation Graves
Winery Liber Pater
Year 2015
Grape Semillon
Content (Alc) 0.75 ltr (13%)
Drink window 2020 - 2035
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No longer does the most expensive wine in the world come from French Burgundy, but from the Bordeaux region. It is the Liber Pater, which still exceeds the Romanée Conti in price. Loïc Pasquet, the Bordeaux winegrower behind Liber Pater has released a new label, Denarius. “I wanted to make something affordable,” Pasquet says ironically. While it has no intention of surpassing Domaine La Romanée Conti in terms of awards, it is still ahead of the 1855-classified First Growths. “Liber Pater is extremely expensive and rare. Denarius places wines from its own rootstocks on the tables of French restaurants. This is actually very affordable to be able to taste pre-phylloxera wine,” Pasquet explains, making these wines as they used to be made with vines from the same era. He returns to the roots of the Bordeaux wine region and then to the mid-19th century with peaks towards the 1850s and does so by using old vineyard management techniques (mixed crops and trained vines, tillage with a mule , organic sprays and very high planting densities of 20,000 vines/ha) along with extremely old original vines. Liber Pater claims to provide the historic taste of Bordeaux wines.

The Liber Pater Denarius Blanc 2015 was only released for the first time at the end of 2020 and we did not receive it until spring 2021. Extremely scarce and is one of the few dry white Bordeaux wines made from 100% Semillon. Only a few hundred bottles of this Liber Pater Denarius blanc were made and the 2015 Denarius blanc is the first vintage of this second wine from Liber Pater.

Liber Pater Denarius is a very labour-intensive wine to produce. The grapes are pressed under the protection of a CO2 blanket. Like the Liber Pater Denarius, the fermentation takes place exclusively in 100% new French oak barrels from Remond.

The wine ages on its lees for an average of 16 months with regular stirring. Freshly squeezed yellow and orange citrus fruits with honeysuckle undertones on the nose and mouth. Rich, lush and concentrated, this is a wine with ripe fruit and perfect freshness.

Vineyard for 2015 Liber Pater Denarius Blanc

The most expensive wine in the world no longer comes from French Burgundy, but from the Bordeaux region. It is the Liber Pater that still surpasses the Romanée Conti in price.

Loïc Pasquet, the Bordeaux vintner behind Liber Pater, “the most expensive wine in the world” at €30,000 a bottle, has launched a new label, Denarius. “I wanted to make something affordable,” says Pasquet ironically. Although it does not plan to surpass Domaine La Romanée Conti in terms of prices, it is still higher than the 1855 classified First Growths. “Liber Pater is extremely expensive and rare. Denarius places wines from its own roots on the tables of French restaurants. This is actually very affordable to be able to taste pre-phylloxera wine,” explains Pasquet, who makes these wines as they used to be made with vines from the same time. Returning to the roots of the Bordeaux wine region, he goes back to the mid-19th century with peaks towards 1850 and he does this by using ancient vineyard management techniques (mixed crops and trained vines, tillage with a mule , organic sprays and very high planting densities of 20,000 vines/hectare) together with extremely old original vines. Liber Pater claims to offer the historic taste of Bordeaux wines. Pasquet's approach is deliberately confrontational. The wines are produced outside the appellation system and are referred to as Vin de France.

The vineyards currently in production include Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot with vines at least 40 years old. The Semillon vines are more than 80 years old and are used to make dry white and/or sweet white wine depending on the vintage and specific conditions. Loïc is also in the middle of a process of planting a number of very old grape varieties in his vineyard. These are varieties such as Castets, Mancin and Pardotte. Varieties that already existed in the vineyards of Bordeaux before they were destroyed by the phylloxera wine louse in the last decades of the 19th century. Today, his vineyard is the only one in Bordeaux - or anywhere in the world - where these varieties are grown. In addition, he plants the vines at an extremely high density of 20,000 vines per hectare. That is twice the plant density of the Premiers Grands Crus in the Médoc. To prevent attacks by the phylloxera, Loïc created three small lakes, so that he can flood the vineyard if necessary because the phylloxera wine aphid cannot withstand water.

More Information
Type of Wine White
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Appellation Graves
Icons Icon France
Winery Liber Pater
Grape Semillon
Biological certified No
Natural wine No
Vegan No
Year 2015
Drinking as of 2020
Drinking till 2035
Alcohol % 13
Alcohol free/low No
Content 0.75 ltr
Oak aging Yes
Sparkling No
Dessert wine No
Closure Cork
James Suckling rating 95
Tasting Profiles Dry, Fresh, Fruity, Aged on wood, Mineral, Tense, White fruit
Drink moments Lekker luxe, Met vrienden
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