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2009 Château Rieussec - Sauternes
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Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes |
 | WS 92
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WE 96
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WA 95
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"Rieussec flourishes in highly concentrated vintages, and 2009 is no exception. With 150 pickers working two 8-hour shifts, they managed to keep up to date with the year's rapid botrytis, and so maintained a total purity, elegance and complexity of flavour, and at 4,0 g/l, a high tone of acidity. At the same time, at 160 g/l residual, the wine is as usual unashamedly rich.
The result is that honeyed sort of purity in the concentration that we saw something of in the historic '89 and '01, possibly superior to the former and almost up to the latter. The balance seems so natural and gives the impression of being able to age for a century or more."
Bill Blatch |
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| Bottle: $99.00 | | | Case Price (12): $1,088.00 |
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