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Question: Which Pauillac producers make a Bordeaux Blanc and are those grapes grown in Pauillac or elsewhere?
Answer: Yes there are some labelled Bordeaux Blanc from Pauillac producers using combinations of Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, Semillon, and Muscadelle grapes.
Two excellent ones and easiest to find are:
Aile d’Argent by Chateau Mouton Rothschild: Planted 53%SB, 11%SG, 35%S and 1%M
Blanc de Lynch-Bages by Chateau Lynch-Bages: Planted 60%SB 27%S and 13%M
Sometimes producers in the Medoc make a small non-commercial production of white wine for their own personal use. They use combinations of the 4 main white wine grapes from vines situated both within and outside the Pauillac AC. No one in Pauillac has reached the consumer level of Pavillon Blanc du Chateau Margaux with their special 100% Sauvignon Blanc grown on a unique 11 hectare site on their property. All wines worth checking out.
The most unique interesting ones your scribe has ever tasted are the 1960 & 1959 Blanc from Chateau Lafite Rothschild. Impossible to find those treasures now.
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