2010 Château Nairac

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 91 points

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  12/26/2022 - Eudemis Likes this wine:

  14% alcohol. Good long cork. Rich golden colour.
  Dried flowers and yellow fruit (including quince) on the nose.
  Honeyed and multilayered in the mouth with a superb palate coating quality; rich but absolutely not cloying and with a marvellous uplift in the finish.
  One of my favourite Sauternes, and I have JMQ to thank for bringing it to my attention.

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  4/7/2020 - Harley1199 Likes this wine:

  Clandestine lunch during quarantine. Barsac's 100% wines are so versatile that they work just as well with appetizers as they do in desserts. And it is that by evolving long before their neighbors they also manage to find the balance between abundance and acidity earlier. The nose receives toasted notes that change to burnt sugar and peach in syrup. Everything presented with complexity and good taste. On the palate it maintains the expected concentration and an acidity that nuances it, giving balance and length. A classic bottle that currently seems to me of an excessive price. (€50+)
  
  Almuerzo clandestino durante la cuarentena. Los vinos 100% de Barsac son tan polifacéticos que funcionan igual de bien con los aperitivos que en los postres. Y es que al evolucionar mucho antes que sus vecinos también logran encontrar antes el equilibrio entre abundancia y acidez. En nariz te reciben notas tostadas que cambian hacia el azúcar quemada y hacia el melocotón en almíbar. Todo presentado con complejidad y buen gusto. Al paladar mantiene la esperada concentración y la acidez que la matiza, otorgando equilibrio y longitud. Una botella clásica que actualmente me parece de un precio excesivo. (Más de 50 euros)

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  4/1/2018 - Eudemis Likes this wine:

  14% alcohol. Sémillon 92%, Sauvignon 6%, Muscadelle 2%. Good long dense cork. Pale gold colour.
  The nose has good intensity with aromas reminiscent of honeysuckle and gorse. The mouth is rich, with the palate coating quality of the best liquoreux; orange peel and some confectionery. The final is bright and fleet of foot, as one gets from liquoreux that eschew chaptalisation. Nothing cloying about this Barsac.
  My first encounter with Nairac, and I am impressed.

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  8/31/2014 - pdwinter wrote: 90 Points

  Nice balance, not too sweet, raisins. Best Sauternes I had so far.

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  5/7/2014 - Jeff Leve wrote: 90 Points

  Layers of honey coated orange, pineapple, apricot and tangerine, with elements of spice and vanilla to mix things up. Sweet, soft and forward, this value priced Sauternes can be drunk now, or aged for at least a decade or more.

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