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  • Country ranking ?

    461
  • Producer ranking ?

    10
  • Decanting time

    5h
  • When to drink

    from 2020

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The Story

Classed as a Premier Cru in 1855, it is made from grapes selected from the finest terroirs of the property. This wine is hand crafted at every stage of its elaboration and reveals remarkable finesse and complexity and a golden colour reminiscent of the sun that made it possible. With age the bright gold evolves to a dark amber colour.
With an extensive life-span, it powerfully and harmoniously combines fruit and floral aromas with roasted and...

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Wine Information

Blend: Sémillon 94% & Sauvignon Blanc 6%

Ageing: 18 months in barrels (50% new & 50% in one year old)

Alc: 14% 

Total acidity: 3.8 g/L

Residual sugar: 138 g/L

The harvest period ran from 4th September to 27th October, with five selective pickings in total. We got off to a very early start, with a first selection made during the week from 4th to 11th September, which then continued from 15th to 24th September including both passe...

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Vintage 2015

Complete 2015 Bordeaux report by Andrew Caillard MW “Next in line of a great series of vintages; 2000, 2005, 2009, 2010 & 2015.”

 

2015 is a wonderful Bordeaux vintage without the hype or hysteria associated with 2009 and 2010. The wines are generally expressive and generous with marvellous concentration and structure. Give another year in barrel, the wines should gain more fruit complexity and volume. The Châteaux, across all sub-region...

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Written Notes

Intense golden yellow colour. Rich nose with intense aroma of ripe apricots, juicy pineapple, nougat et Gianduja. On the palate rich sweetness balanced by crisp acidity, well structured with opulent flavour of tropical fruit and nougat. Excellent depth and length.
  • 95p
Medium deep. Lemon marzipan aromas with herb notes. Fresh supple wine with rich marzipan grapefruit ginger flavours, silky viscous mid-palate and lovely fresh acid line. Impressive wine with chalky firm touch bitter finish. Very good length. 95 points 
  • 95p
Pale golden. Apricots, pineapples, fruit driven, intense nose, rich. Fresh acidity, fresh, lively, detailed, nuanced, playful, precise, very intense and concentrated, long. 95-97
  • 96p
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Origin

Sauternes, Bordeaux

Grapes

6% Sauvignon Blanc
94% Sémillon

Vintage Quality

Extraordinary
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