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2009 Château Bastor-Lamontagne - Sauternes

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes

WA 92

"Fragrant and herbal, without excess of sweetness, allowing the acidity to shine through with a nice refreshing greenish tinge to it, this wine has a run-through of very pure fruit flavours (white fruit: pears, golden apples) that will make it ideal for fairly early drinking."
--Bill Blatch, bordeauxgold.com

Bottle: $36.99

Case Price (6): $205.00

2009 Château Caillou - Sauternes

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes

Bottle: $39.99

Case Price (6): $220.00

2009 Château Cantegril - Sauternes

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes

WA 91

"Denis Dubourdieu's other Barsac estate has produced a very similarly rich (153 g/l residual) blend to his Doisy Daene, similarly styled yet with a point more obvious acidity and a softer form of middle-fruit."
--Bill Blatch, bordeauxgold.com

Bottle: $36.99

Case Price (6): $205.00

2009 Château Clos Haut-Peyraguey - Sauternes (375ml)

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes

WA 93

"This just has to go down as one of the great successes of the vintage. Just to check, I tasted it blind against the Second Growths and its superiority shone out; then against other Firsts, and its combination of lush concentration and an elegant 'lift' put it right there at the top. At a quite moderate 136 g/l of residual, and an alcohol and acidity that are almost identical to the '07, this is the kind of 'nervous' balance that many larger estates would maybe have preferred to achieve this year. In that, it is one of the few wines to resemble the '01, and is maybe even superior."
Bill Blatch

Bottle: $39.99

Case Price (12): $440.00

2009 Château Guiraud - Sauternes (375ml)

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes

WS 97

WE 95

WA 94

"As always, this is dominated by a freshness of flavour, this time kiwi-like fruit as well as the traditional mandarin orange peel - Xavier Planty calls it ?rhubarb?. The 35% Sauvignon, still apart in several lots in the cellar, is mainly responsible for this, but the S?millons are very aromatic too. The base is however powerful, although, at 135 g/l residual, they resisted the temptation of going for broke on sweetness, no mean feat for such a large estate con-fronted by such a sudden onrush of botrytis. The overall effect is of evenness and of a reserved kind of tightness, surrounded by but not dominated by all that freshness of pure fruit."
Bill Blatch

Bottle: $37.99

Case Price (12): $418.00

2010 Château Guiraud - Sauternes (375ml)

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes

WS 92

WA 91

This "First Growth" Sauternes is owned by our friend Xavier Planty who has been at Guiraud nearly 30 years and just recently became owner after being winemaker and Director. This 2010 is another great Guiraud, fat and rich and quite sweet. Has the classic spiciness of Guiraud. Despite the high level of sweetness, it's fairly light on its feet. -- CW Wine Staff (April 2011)

Bottle: $37.95

Case Price (12): $418.00

2009 Château La Tour Blanche - Sauternes (375ml)

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes

WS 92

WE 96

"The balance here is identical to Raymond Lafon: 13?8 alcohol, 140 g/l residual and 3.9 g/l total acidity, but what a difference in style. There is a menthol kind of freshness pervading the wine, giving it an almost New World, or even Alsatian touch. This higher tone of fresh fruit will presumably get penetrated by the more roasted S?millon lots during the ?levage. For the second time (07 and 09 - no '08 was made), the sweetness is less absolute, La Tour Blanche having held the record for residual in '03 and '05, and has settled down into a finer balance as a result."
Bill Blatch

Bottle: $42.99

Case Price (12): $473.00

2009 Château Rabaud-Promis - Sauternes (375ml)

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes

WA 96

Bottle: $29.99

Case Price (12): $330.00

2009 Château Raymond-Lafon - Sauternes (375ml)

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes

WA 94

"This is a positive, strong-flavoured wine, with loads of chunky fatness coming out of the S?millon and with the botrytis strongly apparent in the form of quite heavy glycerine. At 138 g/l residual, it is on a par with many others, but it has not been fermented out beyond 13?8, procuring a very fine honeyed texture and avoiding excess of power, so the result is gentle for such a flavourful wine. In addition, there is a good acid balance that stitches it all up nicely. As at Fargues, this will be kept in barrel longer than others, so will certainly soften a little more during its ?levage. Quite clearly this ch'teau kept right on top of the botrytis."
Bill Blatch

Bottle: $25.99

Case Price (12): $286.00

2009 Château Raymond-Lafon - Sauternes

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes

WA 94

Bottle: $49.99

Case Price (6): $275.00

2007 Château Rayne-Vigneau - Sauternes (375ml)

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes

WA 95

Tasted single blind against its peers. The Rayne-Vigneau has blossomed gloriously in bottle and performed outrageously well under blind conditions. It has a rich, decadent bouquet with wild heather honey, orange peel and a touch of lime. The palate is very well-balanced with immense purity and brilliant tension. The acidity is pitch perfect here, with wonderful poise towards the finish and hints of elderflower on the aftertaste. This has class from start to finish and should age with panache. Tasted January 2011.

Bottle: $29.99

Case Price (12): $330.00

2007 Château Rayne-Vigneau - Sauternes

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes

WA 95

Bottle: $49.99

Case Price (6): $275.00

2009 Château Rayne-Vigneau - Sauternes (375ml)

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes

WS 95

WA 96

"Unlike many, the assemblage was made back in January, so the wine is maybe more relaxed at this stage than those samples made up from the different lots, still apart in the cellar. This is also the first year of the new estate manager Vincent Laberg?re, taking the place of Patrick Eymery who retires in June, and he seemed keen to make a statement with this his first vintage. Rayne Vigneau has tended towards a lighter style recently, and this 2009 is a resolute return to something richer, with a more concentrated mouth-feel and 160 g/l of residual. But it is also bursting with fresh fruit aromas, from the higher than usual proportion of Sauvignon (28%) and from the absolute purity of the early October botrytis. The result is a densely sweet but highly 'tensile? and absolutely pure Rayne Vigneau."
Bill Blatch

Bottle: $32.99

Case Price (12): $363.00

2005 Château Rieussec - Sauternes (375ml)

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes

WS 92

WE 96

WA 95

You get both apricots and honeyed botrytis aromas that are followed through by a dry core, very full-bodied with richness, the sweetness of the yellow jam fruits, apricots and mangoes gliding over the palate. Delicious, and certainly ageworthy. Read More

Bottle: $49.99

Case Price (12): $550.00

2009 Château Rieussec - Sauternes (375ml)

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes

WS 92

WE 96

WA 95

"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

Bottle: $49.99

Case Price (12): $550.00

2007 Château Sigalas-Rabaud - Sauternes (375ml)

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes

Bottle: $29.99

Case Price (24): $660.00

2009 Château Sigalas-Rabaud - Sauternes (375ml)

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes

Bottle: $36.99

Case Price (12): $407.00

2005 Château Suduiraut - Sauternes (375ml)

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes

WS 97

WE 98

WA 99

90-92 Barrel sample. This is a hugely ripe wine dominated by concentrated, ripe fruits and flavors of pure sweet oranges. A powerful wine, surprising because of its weight in a year that seems more about freshness, but still good. —Roger Voss, Read More

Bottle: $44.99

Case Price (12): $495.00

2007 Château Suduiraut - Sauternes (375ml)

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes

WS 95

WE 95

WA 93

The nose takes time to coalesce in the glass, very pure with honey, white peach, Turkish Delight honeysuckle, and beeswax. The palate is beautifully balanced, still with some oak to be subsumed, but has great depth and precision. This is a confident, almost ambitious Suduiraut with great power and intensity towards the botrytis-rich, viscous finish that is endowed with great persistency. Lovely. Drink now-2030.

Bottle: $49.99

Case Price (12): $550.00

2010 Domaine de l'Alliance - Sauternes (500ml)

Varietal: Bordeaux Blend | Location: France - Sauternes

WA 90-92

Bill Blatch introduced us to this property last year and it was one of our most popular 2009 Sauternes. The 2010 is a worthy successor. There's a good amount of sweetness but it's not at all heavy. Very fresh, very well-balanced, very nice!

Bottle: $29.99

Case Price (6): $165.00

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