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2007 Château Rieussec, Sauternes, Bordeaux

  • White
  • Luscious
  • Full Bodied
Ready, but will keep
Neal Martin MW
92/100
19/20
Jancis Robinson MW
19/20
Product: 20078013961
2007 Château Rieussec, Sauternes, Bordeaux

Description

This rightly popular wine from the owners of First Growth Lafite-Rothschild is as engaging and sumptuous as ever in 2007. The soft, dense, rich texture is classic Rieussec while the level of sweetness is more balanced than in some previous vintages. A rich, precise, apricot tart nose is followed by an incredibly concentrated, succulent, creamy palate with apple, caramel and overripe peach, relatively low acidity and a long, intense finish. This hedonistic Rieussec may be a smidgen behind their 2005 and 2001 in quality but it is nevertheless an immensely impressive effort.
Colour White
Sweetness Luscious
Vintage 2007
Alcohol % 13.5
Maturity Ready, but will keep
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Rieussec

Critics reviews

Neal Martin MW 92/100
The 2007 Rieussec is a blend of 87% Semillon, 4.5% Muscadelle and 8.5% Sauvignon Blanc picked between 13 September and 31 October. It has an almost Barsac-like bouquet with barley sugar joining the ginger and honeyed notes, quite powerful although I feel this is just going through a sullen patch at the moment. The palate is very pure and balanced with a wonderful seam of acidity that slices through the viscous botrytis fruit, quite spicy on the finish, although it does not possess the persistence of the 2005 or 2009, just cutting away swiftly. Tasted April 2016.Neil Martin - 31/01/2017
Neal Martin MW, (Jan 2017)
19/20
For several years Rieussec has been consistently among the top three or four wines in the district and this is no exception. The 2007 shows terrific power, combined with freshness and length. This has to be a great bottle.
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Jancis Robinson MW 19/20
Sweet, vaguely sticky nose. Certainly impressive for the sugar level! And there's an attractive savoury undertow that stops it being sickly. Lots there. Reverberates. Long. Very long. It has that thing that a good Condrieu has: a subtext. jancis_robinson_mw MW - JancisRobinson.com - 10-Apr-2008)
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Apr 2008)

About this wine

Chateau Rieussec

Château Rieussec is one of the richest and most exotic of all Sauternes, producing particularly good wines in the late 1980s and the mid 1990s. Rieussec has been owned by Domaines Barons de Rothschild since 1985 and is located at one of the highest points of Sauternes in the village of Fargues where its vineyards border those of Château d`Yquem.
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