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2009 Ch Rieussec 1er Cru Sauternes - 12x75cl
07A9RIEU _ 2009 - Ch Rieussec 1er Cru Sauternes - 12x75cl
  • Colour Port_Sweet
  • Producer Château Rieussec
  • Region Sauternes
  • Grape Semillon / Sauvignon Blanc/ Muscadelle
  • Drinking 2015 - 2035
  • Case size 12x75cl
  • Available

2009 - Ch Rieussec 1er Cru Sauternes - 12x75cl

  • Colour Port Sweet
  • Producer Château Rieussec
  • Region Sauternes
  • Grape Semillon / Sauvignon Blanc/ Muscadelle
  • Drinking 2015 - 2035
  • Case size 12x75cl
  • Available

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  • Goedhuis, April 2010, Score: 95-97

    Enticing and wonderfully profound, the 2009 Rieussec is ample with fresh and dried peaches and fragrant grassy notes. Broad yet layered, powerful yet refined, this Sauternes seems to have it all. An assertive wine that has a long, glorious future.

  • Goedhuis, April 2010, Score: 95-97

    Enticing and wonderfully profound, the 2009 Rieussec is ample with fresh and dried peaches and fragrant grassy notes. Broad yet layered, powerful yet refined, this Sauternes seems to have it all. An assertive wine that has a long, glorious future.

  • Neal Martin, Apri l2010, Score: 95-97

    The minerality and stoniness really comes through on the nose of this Rieussec, more than the 2007. The palate is very well balanced with superb acidity, real tension, steely with great precision with notes of apricot, white peach and honey on the beautifully defined finish. Probably the best Rieussec since the astounding 2001.

  • Decanter, April 2010, Score: 18

    Massive, with great transformed level of alcohol, useful when the sugar content is so high too, a monument of a wine, but a wait of 10 years at least will be necessary to do justice to its majestic power.

  • Jancis Robinson, April 2010, Score: 18

    Heavy and rich and wonderfully sumptuous. Great richness. Density and breadth. Still very chewy but there is lots here. Very rewarding.

  • Wine Spectator, April 2010, Score: 92-95

    Lemon peel and pear tart on the nose. Full-bodied and medium sweet, with good acidity, lemon meringue flavors and a spicy finish.

Producer

Château Rieussec

Rieussec's 90 hectares of vineyard occupy one of the highest points in the Sauternes after those of neighbouring Yquem. Unusually the vineyard is one unit, and not made up of several parcels like most Bordeaux properties.The good work started by Albert Vuillier (more oak, and increased passes picking more developed grapes) in the 1970's has been continued by the current owners - Domaines Baron de Rothschild (of Lafite) - w...Read more

Rieussec's 90 hectares of vineyard occupy one of the highest points in the Sauternes after those of neighbouring Yquem. Unusually the vineyard is one unit, and not made up of several parcels like most Bordeaux properties.The good work started by Albert Vuillier (more oak, and increased passes picking more developed grapes) in the 1970's has been continued by the current owners - Domaines Baron de Rothschild (of Lafite) - who rebuilt the chai in 1989. Vines are on average 25 years old, with Plantings predominantly Semillon (92%) with a small amount of Sauvignon Blanc (5%) and Muscadelle (3%). If the year is judged too poor as in 1993, the grand vin is not made at all. Bottlings under the name Clos Labère are also produced. The deeply coloured wine has a rich, honeyed style, which exhibits great precision and tremendous persistance.Read less

Region

Sauternes

It is not an exaggeration to say that these are the greatest sweet wines in the world. They are the result of a serendipitous marriage of grape variety, location, annual weather conditions and human care and determination. The vineyards are located on the banks of the cool spring-fed Ciron river which, in autumn, flows into the warmer tidal Garonne and creates rolling evening mists which clothe the vines until the afternoon sun burns them off the following day. This cycle creates perfect conditions for the development of botrytis cinerea or noble rot, and the resulting grape juice is a super concentrated sweet, ambrosial nectar which makes the most heavenly and complex wines with extraordinary ability to age. In 1855 the wines were classified into first and second growths, with Ch d'Yquem rightly receivingits own super status of premier grand cru. Other stunning wines include Chx Sudiraut, Rieussec, Coutet and Climens. While seductively fragrant and sweet when young, if you can bear to wait, you will be amply rewarded with lusciously rich, exotically complex wine.

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