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2008 Château Rieussec, Sauternes, Bordeaux

  • White
  • Luscious
  • Full Bodied
Ready, but will keep
Neal Martin MW
90/100
Product: 20088013961
2008 Château Rieussec, Sauternes, Bordeaux
Colour White
Sweetness Luscious
Vintage 2008
Alcohol % 13.5
Maturity Ready, but will keep
Body Full Bodied
Producer Château Rieussec

Critics reviews

Neal Martin MW 90/100
The 2008 Rieussec is a blend of 86% Semillon, 12% Sauvignon Blanc and 2% Muscadelle picked from 29 September until 14 November over four or five pickings. The nose seemed to have closed down since I last encountered it in 2012, quite earthy and resinous, lacking some spark. The palate is much better with sour lemon and quince on the entry, a touch of patisserie, strangely making me think of Danish pastry towards the well-defined finish. This 2008 is a little difficult to work out at the moment, perhaps overwhelmed by the succeeding vintage. Tasted April 2016.Neil Martin - 31/01/2017
Neal Martin MW, (Jan 2017)

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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