2018 Château Rieussec

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 92.5 points

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  3/29/2024 - evanqian wrote: 96 Points

  Night of sweet wines with Lianzijia (Newmarket, Auckland): 75% Sémillon and 25% Sauvignon Blanc.
  
  pale lemon gold, clean and bright. rich and multi-layered flavours, ripe lemon, pineapple, orange peel, honeycomb, some oak and spices. m+/full body, vibrant acidity, tight-knit sweetness. long finish with some savoury and white floral notes. a super balanced Sauternes, showing wonderful richness and complexity, yes, more complex than d'Yquem 1997 tonight. everybody's favourite one for tonight.
  
  Alc 14.2% TA 3.90 gL, RS 118 gL
  
  Ap 5/5, Ar 13/15, Palate 19/20, Overall 4+5/10
  Total 96+/100
  
  WE 95, LPB 93, NM 93, JS 94, JA 94, Falstaff 93, JL 92, JR 17.5, MJ 17.5, LRVF 17.5

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  1/27/2024 - PCVT Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Tres joli sauternes qui évolue, on est moins sûr le fruit primaire - il est plus compote sans être lourd. Très bon

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  8/23/2023 - JerM wrote: 93 Points

  (midweek Canto Roast Duck w DY, Jeff, Kenneth & ZM) Lifted apricots, white florals, pineapple, marmalade, gentle bitter streak. Youthful, vibrant, juicy, exciting! Crystallised ginger, and swimming pool.

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  12/4/2022 - popasq Likes this wine: 93 Points

  As always, delicious!

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  9/7/2022 - ikkaariainen Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Already delicious and quite drinkable but very young, will age with grace over the next 30+ years so drink or hold but leaning strongly on the hold - see this eventually as a 95+ point wine. Definitely recommend and quite a good QPR wine at the average CT cost. Enjoyed in Helsinki at restaurant OLO as a dessert pairing with their higher end tasting and wine pairing menu. Full bodied, intense, warm, golden yellow, already well balanced and with a beautiful lengthy aftertaste and afterglow. Nose warm and tropical with nectarine, tangerine, honey and a more floral lilac finish. Flavor profile sweet but not at all cloyingly so and more fruit forward then the nose with orange, honey dew melon, apricot, mango and finishing with a hint of caramel. Archetypical excellent sauterne.

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