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  • Country ranking ?

    687
  • Producer ranking ?

    5
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035

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The Story

The Sauternes produced by Château de Fargues is the result of outstanding gifts of nature and the motivation – one might even say the stubbornness – of a family devoted to fine wine, and an attentive, enthusiastic winemaking team.
It takes four years to produce wine at Fargues, and work is constantly being done simultaneously on four vintages at any one time.
This is how the refinement and delicious taste sensations are procured at Château d...

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Wine Information

The 2011 harvest


To paraphrase Verlaine: "Do your job, old sun, to help make the bread and wine that nourish men with the bounty of the earth, and be sure to give them an honest glass laughing with divine spirit – reapers, grape pickers, your time has come". This time has indeed come at Château de Fargues! Making the most of our terroir and our vines, under a typically seasonal sky for Sauternes with alternating sun and mist, the Château ...

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A lot of fruit flies in 2011 which led to the loss of 50% of the potential harvest. There was no 2012. 2013 is being bottled now.
Pale to mid gold. Strong almonds and botrytis on the nose. Lots of freshness and lots of marzipan sweetness. Very marked acidity. Undertow of burnished sweetness. Broad on the palate but with great lift and very slight lactones. Lively lift and great vitality.

  • 95p

 Pale golden. Rich, intense, pineapples, fruity, light floral note, layered, deep, pure, light tea note, elegant nose. Fresh acidity, fruity, rounded, detailed, smooth, refreshing, rich yet almost subtle and nuanced, playful, very long. 96

 

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Fargues, Sauternes
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