Clos des Lunes, 'Lune d'Argent,' Sauternes, Bordeaux, France, 2025

Overview of the Wine
The winemaking practices at Clos des Lunes take inspiration from those of Domaine de Chevalier, and benefit from an expertise in creating impressive dry white wines.

“A great wine originates from great fruit. It is the natural expression of a great terroir. Man simply reveals it… The terroir determines everything”, explains Olivier Bernard. This approach, based upon an absolute respect for the terroir and the fruit, is put into practice through an endless pursuit of quality through research and constant refinement.

Just like at Chevalier, the harvest at Clos des Lunes is carried out by hand, with extreme care and several passes through the vines as the grapes reach maturity. It takes place in the morning. This level of precision throughout the picking and sorting processes makes it possible to obtain perfectly ripe fruit.

In the winery, the purity of the fruit therefore allows for a simple, natural vinification that enables the individual properties of the terroir to reveal themselves. Following the precise and plot-by-plot approach to harvesting, vinification takes place in small thermo-regulated vats of 50 hectolitres or in barrels. This is determined according to the quality of wine, following a very gentle, slow pressing of the grapes.

Winemaker
Olivier Bernard

Grape / Blend
70% Sémillon and 30% Sauvignon Blanc

Origin
Sauternes, Bordeaux, France

Winemaker's Tasting Notes
Lune d’Argent is the heart of Clos des Lunes’ production. We firmly believe in the future of this legendary terroir and its truly original style. With a touch of French oak, the Sémillon is dense and rich, the Sauvignon Blanc refined and precise. This cuvée of dry white wine promises to convey all the magic of Sauternes.

94 Points - Decanter
Tasted at the estate on another occassion and both times this wine proved deliciously opulent with plenty of acidity for balance: Let's say peachy and green apple freshness. The palate has citrus charm sans any flat aspects one might expect from the hot and dry summer weather, reflecting the common refrain that the small grapes concentrated acidity - with a low pH of 3.22 - just as they did ripeness. For me, the wine qaulity punches way above the cost. 

93 Points - James Suckling
Lovely salty character with crunch and freshness. Agile and vivid. Medium-bodied with bright acidity and a succulent finish. 

92 Points - Jane Anson
Green-gold, attractive and lifted, this is enjoyable, grippy and easy to enjoy. 

92 Points - Wine Cellar Insider
White peach, citrus, and pineapple are front and center here. The palate is packed with sweet, ripe tropical fruits and citrus. The wine blends 70% Semillon with 30% Sauvignon Blanc. As a point of reference, this was the first wine offered for sale En Primeur from the 2025 campaign. Drink from 2027-2031.

Product size: 750ml