Freddy R. Troya

9.1

Château Paradis Casseuil — Bordeaux Blanc Réserve 2024
Bordeaux, France 🇫🇷

Overview
A blend of 90% Sauvignon Blanc and 10% Sémillon from Château Paradis Casseuil, part of Domaines Barons de Rothschild Lafite. Sauvignon Blanc drives the freshness and aromatics while Sémillon adds subtle texture and balance, creating a polished and very approachable expression of white Bordeaux.

Aromas & Flavors
Lemon peel, fresh citrus, green apple, white flowers, and subtle herbal notes. Bright aromatics keep the profile lively and immediately inviting.

Mouthfeel
Light to medium-bodied, crisp, and beautifully balanced, with uplifting acidity providing plenty of freshness. Clean and energetic through the finish without becoming overly sharp.

Food Pairings
Oysters, shrimp, grilled white fish, seafood salads, goat cheese, or lighter Mediterranean dishes. Equally enjoyable as a casual aperitif.

Verdict
A terrific introduction to white Bordeaux. It doesn’t try to be cerebral or overly complex; instead, it delivers freshness, balance, and regional character with remarkable approachability.

Did You Know?
Château Paradis Casseuil has belonged to Domaines Barons de Rothschild Lafite since 1984. Located in Entre-deux-Mers, its soils include clay, limestone, marl, and sandstone formations that help retain freshness in the vineyard.

🍷 Personal Pick
I love this for exactly what it is: affordable, aromatic, balanced, and genuinely representative of white Bordeaux. The fresh lemon-peel character and uplifting acidity make it incredibly easy to enjoy, yet there is enough polish to impress just about any palate. A very smart casual Bordeaux Blanc. — 4 days ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.2

Bright yellow/gold color. Aromas of orchard fruit, fragrant white flowers and raw nuts. Flavors of golden delicious apple, unripe peaches, nectarines, lemon zest and those raw nuts. Long, lingering flinty/mineral driven finish. No sign of oak aging. Medium bodied and quite vibrant. Nicely structured and pretty intense. Great value. Thanks so much for the Latour Red/White Burgundy Tasting, Kase! — 4 months ago

Willem Booij

9.0

Very nice PF — 4 years ago

Devin Bray

9.2

Peach pit, stone fruit, good minerality — 6 years ago

Ugo Menard

9.6

A real treat, 12 years in oak barrel, makes this wine deep yellow, rust, honey. — 7 years ago

Andréa Soechting Jacobs

9.2

Decided to plan a trip to the south of France while enjoying this bottle over dinner with my husband and mom — 7 years ago

Joe Flo

9.6

Much better than expected drinking great — 7 days ago

Doug Powers

9.1

This shows just a touch of surmaturite aromatically and on the palate, which isn’t shocking since it’s 15% ABV — normally this special cuvée checks in at 13-14% ABV. With that said, gorgeous fruit, very nice depth and balance, long, lingering finish, I just shouldn’t have opened it on a 95+ degree summer day (shrug). — 2 months ago

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Steve Anderson

9.3

In a great spot. #LoveGringet RIP DB. — 8 months ago

Jonathan Warren

9.3

Beautiful strawberry red fruit high acid. Perfect wine for the dinner which was a bacon cheeseburger for one — 9 months ago

Jorge Pazos

9.5

Celler de Can Roca — 5 years ago

Chance Miller

9.0

Chef Portay wine dinner — 6 years ago

Roni Khu

9.2

Like a hurricane — 7 years ago

melissa sotelo

8.9

Lots of minerality — a month ago

Doroteia Alexieva

10

Fruity aftertaste, maybe a pear. But still dry and very good. Can’t remember where I got it from but I want more. — 2 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.3

vintage 2004 | Auxerrois at its best. Awesome balance. Impressions of honey in smell but bonedry taste. Paired with a blanquette of porc in Bistrot du Nord in Antwerp. — 3 months ago

Scott Kieser

9.5

Very elegant, textured and mildly creamy with extroverted berry, mandarin, and spice notes coating the palate with typical Gratien electricity on the persistent finish. Paired beautifully with a NY Strip. Nice way to celebrate my 50th Birthday. — 9 months ago

Fredybeans

9.0

Boisé encore un peu présent en bouche
Nez fin
Bouche grasse suave et dense
Finale élégante — 5 years ago

Oliver Seaman

9.0

Sweets. Fun aperitif. — 6 years ago

John T

9.0

Kathy really likes this — 7 years ago