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Monthly Tasting Group LTB 2012-10; Mature Sauternes
By VD
Tasted December 13, 2012 by Zweder with 244 views
Introduction
Beautiful tasting of mature Sauternes. As far as I recall all wines were tasted not blind.
Flight 1 (2 notes)
White - Sweet/Dessert
1989 Château Nairac
88 points
A better bottle than the previous one. Golden yellow. Subtle bouquet with honey and flowers. On the palate elegant sweetness, sugared honey and very mild acidity. Overall a beautiful wine and completely ready now.
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White - Sweet/Dessert
1997 Château Nairac
89 points
A very intense bouquet with polishing wax, orange peel, apricots, honey and caramel. Same on the palate with tangerine and raisins as well. Good length. Not really subtle and for that reason completely different from 1989, but certainly a very good wine if you like the style.
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Flight 2 (2 notes)
White - Sweet/Dessert
1990 Château Doisy-Daëne
91 points
Beautiful bouquet with honey and botrytis. On the palate, caramel, honey, apricots and some pineapple. Mild acidity. A beautiful and complex wine. No real hurry drinking this.
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White - Sweet/Dessert
2001 Château Doisy-Daëne
91 points
The bouquet is a bit reticent, but beautiful and concentrated with botrytis. Same on the palate. Some marzipan and almonds. A wine with a great future. For now 91, but in 5+ years from now it could score a bit higher.
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Flight 3 (2 notes)
White - Sweet/Dessert
1990 Château de Rayne-Vigneau
90 points
Golden yellow. Beautiful bouquet with flowers and honey. On the palate very smooth, tangerine and pineapple. Also a touch of menthol. Ok acidity on the mid palate and in the finish it shows even more. Beautiful mature wine.
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White - Sweet/Dessert
2001 Château Sigalas Rabaud
93 points
Light golden yellow. The complex bouquet is a bit reticent but there is some glue, apricots, orange peel and fresh polishing wax. In the mouth a good concentration, a lot of sweetness, honey, apricots. The acidity is still hidden. Beautiful wine. 92 - 93
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Flight 4 (2 notes)
White - Sweet/Dessert
1990 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey
92 points
Light amber color. In the bouquet orange peel, polishing wax and also some nutmeg. Intense on the palate with good sweetness and soft bitterness, some cinnamon and beautiful elegant acidity. Beautiful and mature wine; no hurry at all to drink this.
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White - Sweet/Dessert
1997 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey
92 points
Beautiful and intense bouquet. On the palate botrytis, apricots, honey and some oak. Concentrated, tangerine, pineapple, apricots and some caramel. Beautiful wine; ready now, no hurry.
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Flight 5 (2 notes)
White - Sweet/Dessert
1990 Château La Tour Blanche Sauternes
90 points
Intense bouquet with a lot of sweetness, tangerine and apricots. On the palate a lot of sweetness balanced by good acidity. See also previous note. This bottle has good freshness and no oxidized impressions. Ready now.
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White - Sweet/Dessert
2001 Château La Tour Blanche Sauternes
93 points
The bouquet is different from previous occasions. Sweet apples, mango, overripe pineapple and apricots. On the palate a fresh start with also some menthol, apricots, tangerine and some nutmeg. A lot of sweetness and beautiful acidity as well as some soft bitterness in the sweet finish. Still very youthful.
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Flight 6 (2 notes)
White - Sweet/Dessert
1990 Château Suduiraut
93 points
Intense bouquet with polishing wax, botrytis, orange peel, apricots and some smoke. On the palate the same as well as a lot of honey and almonds and good firm bitterness in the finish. A beautiful and complex wine.
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White - Sweet/Dessert
2001 Château Rieussec
96 points
See previous notes. This is again a great bottle; still so youthful, but also open and extremely enjoyable.
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Flight 7 (2 notes)
White - Sweet/Dessert
2001 Château Coutet Barsac
92 points
A beautiful and fresh bouquet with a lot of honey. Same on the palate. Tangerine as well. Good acidity. Still a bit locked. A beautiful and elegant wine.
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White - Sweet/Dessert
2005 Château Coutet Barsac
90 points
A very elegant wine with a lot of good sweetness which is not extremely sticky. Honey, flowers and some nutmeg. Good acidity. Delicious wine, but a little less complex than e.g. 2001.
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