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  • Country ranking ?

    893
  • Producer ranking ?

    11
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    from 2020
  • Food Pairing

    Stollen cakes

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94-97p / Very spicy, with lots of dried peach, mango and apricot notes leading the way, backed by bold ginger and toasted almond. Layers and layers glide through the very unctuous finish. This is a deep, serious, mouthfilling wine in the making. Wine Spectator - 22/04/2014

 

94p 

Unctuous and full bodied with firm acidity and lifted flavours. Generous for 2013, with layered dried tropical fruit flavours and a long finish. Drink: 2020-...

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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

These various passes called for draconian choices because the warm, wet weather in October left the door open for the wrong kind of rot to develop. In the end, nearly half the grapes were sacrificed to retain only those with pure noble rot.

This uneven crop, with a yield of less than 8 hectolitres per hectare, nevertheless produced a fine wine very typical of the estate with aromas and flavours of candied fruit, along with considerable viva...

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Pale golden. Apples, tropical, pineapples, fresh, floral and layered nose. Fresh acidity, lively, fresh, delicate, especially for Fargues, nuanced, lovely balance, refined, fantastic length. 95-97

  • 97p
Bright golden colour. Opulent nose with aroma reminiscent of ripe williams pear, apricots and passion fruit. Vanilla and honey in the background. On the palate rich and opulent but well balanced with good length.
  • 94p
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Origin

Fargues, Sauternes

Vintage Quality

Excellent
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