1917 Château de Rayne-Vigneau

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 94 points

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  1/5/2017 - fcxj wrote: 94 Points

  Smelled and tasted like creme brulee, in a good way... pleasantly Maderized, but not as dry. Darkish yellow. Fun.

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  10/28/2015 - steinersing wrote: 92 Points

  holding up ok, but a bit one-dimensional - sweetness but not enough acidity remaining to keep it interesting

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  2/25/2013 - J @ y H @ c k wrote: 96 Points

  Every once in a while, someone shows up at a dinner and pulls out a bottle and you say "<expletive>, that's incredible." It happened last night. I will leave to the person who brought it to identify himself, but there's one bottle listed in Cellartracker and this might have been it. Color was excellent, I would say comparable to what I've seen in a 30 year old Sauterne. This wine had gone through the full morphing of a Sauterne without reaching the over the hill and dead stage. The sugar had converted into whatever and there was just a bit of sweetness. I have trouble with "is that butterscotch or caramel?" so I'm not sure, but I think caramel. Tropical fruit like guava and a bit of pineapple. Pears? Yes, that's there as well. Smooth, and whatever took away the sugar also removed enough of the acidity that was probably there 90+ years ago so it was still in balance. A real treat.

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