Chateau Rieussec 2015 | Premier Grand Cru Classé | Sauternes | Vinaris

Château Rieussec 2015 | Premier Grand Cru Classé | Sauternes

Name: Château Rieussec 2015 | Premier Grand Cru Classé | Sauternes
Brand: Château Rieussec
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Château Rieussec 2015 | Premier Grand Cru Classé | Sauternes

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Château Rieussec, AOP Sauternes Premier Grand Cru Classé (Fargues-de-Langon). Situated on the highest hill in the Sauternes appellation. Red clay and silex over sandy-clay gravel soils. Owned by Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite) since 1984. Vines averaging over 40 years of age. 86% Sémillon, 14% Sauvignon Blanc.

Harvest across five successive tries (September 9 – October 27, 2015), selecting botrytis-affected grapes at peak concentration. Aged 18–24 months in French oak barrels (50% new).

Château Rieussec

Bodega: Premier Grand Cru Classé
Año: 2015
País y Región: Francia, Burdeos (Sauternes)
Uvas Principales: Sémillon (86%), Sauvignon Blanc (14%)
Crianza: Entre 18 y 26 meses en barricas de roble, con un 50 a 55% de barrica nueva.

Perfil del Vino:
Château Rieussec es un vino dulce elaborado en Sauternes. Presenta un color dorado pálido brillante y notas de mermelada de limón, flores de naranjo, cera de abeja y miel de acacia, con toques de kumquats conservados y compota de albaricoque. Es elegante y fino en boca, con una estructura vibrante que corta a través de capas terrosas y cítricas, finalizando largo y especiado.

Puntuaciones y Comentarios:

Robert Parker: 96+
James Suckling: 99

Características Generales:
Château Rieussec es un vino de referencia en Sauternes desde hace varias generaciones, clasificado como Premier Grand Cru Classé en 1855. Ofrece una combinación perfecta entre dulzura y acidez, con notas cítricas y florales que se complementan con sabores terrosos y especiados.

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PARKER: 96+

A blend of 86% Sémillon and 14% Sauvignon Blanc, the 2015 Rieussec reveals a bright, pale straw-gold color and is a little closed at this youthful stage, yet it offers wonderful purity and depth, featuring notes of lemon marmalade, orange blossoms, beeswax and acacia honey with hints of preserved kumquats and peach compote. Very elegant and fine in the medium to full-bodied mouth, it features a racy backbone cutting through the earthy and citrus layers, finishing long and spicy.

Learn more about Château Rieussec

In the eighteenth century the estate belonged to the Carmelite monks of Langon. With the French Revolution it was confiscated and sold as national property, which is how many religious holdings in Bordeaux passed into private hands.

In 1855 it entered as a Premier Cru Classé in the classification drawn up for the Paris Universal Exhibition: that list was not born as a judgement on the wine, but as a catalogue to show Bordeaux to the world.

In 1984 it was bought by Domaines Barons de Rothschild, the Lafite family. The estate then had one hundred and ten hectares, sixty-eight of them planted with vines.

Today there are eighty-five hectares of vineyard on sandy and clay gravel soils: seventeen more than at the time of the handover.

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