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COMMENTAIRES MILLESIMES 2001
Xavier PLANTY Sauternes, le 10 Juillet 2002 Quand le botrytis, le vent et le soleil sont au rendez-vous des Sémillons et des Sauvignons, le millésime de SAUTERNES est grand !! Voici la raison de la réussite générale du millésime 2001. GUIRAUD 2001 est assurément, le vin le plus précis du millésime. Le risque était de se laisser prendre par une concentration extrême qui aurait donné des vins très riches, mais au ...
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The Story
The annual production for the first growth is about 100.000 bottles. Some really bad years (1991 and 1993) No classified growth has been produced.The first growth is produced from a 85ha of Sauternes appellation vines.
Only Semillon (65%) and Sauvignon (35%) are planted at Guiraud with a pruning "à cots" or "in fan" for the Semillons and long branches for the Sauvignons. The density of plantation is 6660 vine per ha (Root stock Riparia 33 0...
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When botrytis, wind and sun have an appointment with both Semillon and Sauvignon, Sauternes vintage is great. Guiraud 2001 is for sure the most precise wine of the vintage.The risk was to be taken by an extreme concentration
which would have given very rich wines, lacking of elegance and subtlety.
GUIRAUD 2001 presents intense aromas, hawthorn flowers, fresh fruit, with a minty note which characterizes the
vintage. The botrytis is terribl...
Vintage 2001
Bordeaux / The year 2001 is known as the year of the winegrowers. The whole of Bordeaux suffered from a lot of rain and the resulting noble rot. Sauternes has been producing its best wines for decades, and there is good reason to talk about the Sauternes revolution. The best wine of the year is clearly Yquem. Parker's hundred-point Yquem sold for 300 euros en primeur, and today the price is 600 euros per bottle.
For red wines, the year was ...