Some double-acts feel like they were destiny made manifest: Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lennon and McCartney, Hale and Pace. You could add Sauvignon and Semillon to that list, a pair of grape varieties who work together so well that they feel joined at the hip. In this Bordeaux Blanc, Sauvignon plays the lead role, bringing bright green-skinned fruits and a touch of shiso leaf, ably supported by the Semillon (20%), which adds tangy grapefruit and something sappy, that reminded me of a freshly trimmed hedge. The wine spent 30 days on its lees, undergoing regular batonnage, which accounts for the wine’s elegant texture and, for me, puts in the category of gastronomic white Bordeaux, rather than a simple, fruity apéritif. 12.5% alc. Drink now-2028.