Winery - Château Rieussec
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
91-93 Barrel sample. Spice and light wood flavors dominate this delicious, poised wine, but it also has dense fruit, some light marmalade and a bit of sweetness, but more in the way of dry botrytis.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
96-98 Barrel sample. Concentrated and dense, this is a wine that fits well into the power of 2009. There is richness, but as well there is great elegance, a great structure of richness and sweetness, with the final bite of honey.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
92—94 Barrel sample. A fat, full wine, this is rich, intense, concentrated. Great layers of botrytis and apricot flavors give it attraction and power.—R.V.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
88-90 This is dry, firm, the botrytis giving richness rather than sweetness. Quite toasty, as well.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
94-96 Structured firm, very spicy, while also showing fresh pineapple acidity. Concentrated and packed with botrytis.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Wonderful, evocative orange marmalade and ginger flavors play around this rich wine. Its botrytis dryness doesn’t detract from the intense sweetness, ripe apricots, spice and deliciously refreshing acidity. The richness is in the texture, but the ripeness is in the open, generous fruit.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
You get both apricots and honeyed botrytis aromas that are followed through by a dry core, very full-bodied with richness, the sweetness of the yellow jam fruits, apricots and mangoes gliding over the palate. Delicious, and certainly ageworthy.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
92-94 Barrel sample. Rich rather than sweet, this is stuffed full of botrytis. The wine is powered through with this dusty texture, rolling richly but catching the dried fruit character.
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
An unusual war-time vintage not often seen; pale amber with a tawny rim; sweet aromas of butterscotch and burnt sugar, caramel; a bit dry and hard on the palate, lacks the traditional richness of a great Sauternes; lots of acidity makes the wine drier than expected; a bit bitter and thin at the end; interesting, but not one to seek out. (14.5/20)
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