2003 Château Haut-Bergeron Sauternes

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  12/25/2020 - Sneakaway Likes this wine: 90 Points

  De très grande stature, large d’épaules. Une dominante abricot et orange confite, un nez immédiatement convaincant et en bouche une belle tension, une sensation de plénitude et une longueur impressionnante. Année solaire s’il en fut, elle se trouve ici parfaitement maîtrisée, délicatement et délicieusement assise. Une grande bouteille. Il en reste... on ne s’en plaindra pas.

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  11/23/2018 - BobbaWA Likes this wine: 92 Points

  This bottle was given to us as a novelty because my last name matches the Chateau, and it's been sitting around for years. Over that time, the color has darkened from a light apricot yellow, to a tawny amber-orange. Finally we hosted Thanksgiving and had enough folks (11 of 'em) around the table to try this sweet, sharp Sauterne with their pumpkin pie dessert. A little of this nectar goes a long way, but a perfect pairing; bite of pie, sip of Sauterne, and maybe a little nip of coffee. Quite lovely, with bright flavors of honey, stone fruit, and pear.

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  10/24/2017 - theodore3 wrote: 93 Points

  Bright apricot color. Delicious.

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  1/27/2013 - BVal wrote: 88 Points

  Color: deep gold. Classic Sauternes bouquet of pineapple, coconut, apricot and peaches. More citrus than creme brulee. Interestingly youthful nose but mature appearance. Palate was quite heavy, viscous. Peaches and apricots, noticeable botrytis. Hmmm . . . acidity is definitely too low; this comes across as cloying, syrupy. Good concentration and depth, unfortunately this is just out of balance. I see that I gave this a 91 about 6 months ago; probably a bit too generous.

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  12/31/2012 - phandel Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Had this at our New Years party - delicious! Lots of traditional apricot, honeysuckle, and lemon curd. The first bottle we had a while ago must have been corked.

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