Drank with apricot soufflé as part of very good lunch so maybe slightly biased but the wine is sensational, it's not cloying as some sweet wines can be, very pure crystal clean flavour. The best Sauternes I've had, including the few y'quem I've had (not that many in fairness!) and for that matter the best pudding wine I've had, I couldn't fault the wine, flawless. Would equally go with fois gras and rich pate. I'll be adding to my cellar if I can find any at a sensible price. I believe the current release is 1990, it's obviously a labour of love.
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Bright golden. Beautifully mellow nose, tenderly honeyed, with orange and lemon, good complexity. Extremely soft and smooth, dense and very nicely balanced, complex. Orange rind, dried apricots, a little spices. Extremely long aftertaste of spiced candied oranges. A really noble wine.
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Gorgeous. Burnt caramel, creme brulee, apricot, dark honey. Some of the tar/asphault that earlier Gilettes can show have disippated leaving a sauterne that rivals d'yQ. Not quite the complexity, but an overall experience that it sublime.
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6/5/2015 - cakie Likes this wine: 100 Points
Drank with apricot soufflé as part of very good lunch so maybe slightly biased but the wine is sensational, it's not cloying as some sweet wines can be, very pure crystal clean flavour. The best Sauternes I've had, including the few y'quem I've had (not that many in fairness!) and for that matter the best pudding wine I've had, I couldn't fault the wine, flawless. Would equally go with fois gras and rich pate. I'll be adding to my cellar if I can find any at a sensible price. I believe the current release is 1990, it's obviously a labour of love.
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9/18/2012 - igaf wrote:
Bright golden. Beautifully mellow nose, tenderly honeyed, with orange and lemon, good complexity. Extremely soft and smooth, dense and very nicely balanced, complex. Orange rind, dried apricots, a little spices. Extremely long aftertaste of spiced candied oranges. A really noble wine.
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12/24/2011 - DonWinspear wrote: 94 Points
Gorgeous. Burnt caramel, creme brulee, apricot, dark honey. Some of the tar/asphault that earlier Gilettes can show have disippated leaving a sauterne that rivals d'yQ. Not quite the complexity, but an overall experience that it sublime.
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