Château Broustet: Tasting & Drinking
Under Didier Laulan and Guillaume Fourcade the wines of Château Broustet tended towards a richer style, and although I did not taste many vintages under this regime I do not recall being greatly impressed. The 2007 vintage, an under-rated vintage for the Barsac and Sauternes appellations, was far from exciting. It was only in 2009 that I saw some glimmer of what this estate was perhaps capable of. Of course, this was an excellent vintage across the region as a whole, and I suppose some would argue that a rising tide lifts all boats. Sadly for Laulan and Fourcade, however, they did not have a chance to prove themselves in the benevolent vintages that followed, as the property was sold, and from the 2010 harvest onwards the wine was essentially the work of Pierre Mauget and Jérémie Gravier, perhaps the latter more than the former.
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