Two masked wines were presented, and for readability, I have placed my notes under the wines’ names after they were revealed. Both wines presented as surprisingly enjoyable at such a tender age, and provides enormous encouragement to drink this style earlier rather than wait decades!
2015 Ch Guiraud 13.5%
Sauternes. (65% semillon, 35% sav blanc, 18 months in new barrels).
Medium gold colour, and bursting with vibrant tropical notes – cumquat, pineapple rind, with vanilla bean and ginger; very good mouthfeel with some smokiness joining the ripe fruit characters. It was just a tad straightforward, and was unfairly compared to the outrageous charms of the next wine.
Drink to 2035, and 91 points
2015 Ch Rieussec 14%
Sauternes (86% semillon, 14% sav blanc) 148 g/l residual sugar
Medium gold colour, with mixed citrus, just-ripe apricot, marzipan. There is more of everything; oak impact, fruit density, honeyed viscosity, texture, breeziness, freshness and mingled spices with rampant layers of assorted citrus and stonefruit. The balance is superb, and this a super, special, serious wine. I sat in wonder, with time suspended, revelling and fumbling for explanation, description and superlatives. Go hunting!
Drink to 2040, 97 points
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Nice to read your note on the ’15 Rieussec Richard. I picked up a couple of 750s of the ’15 for the princely sum of NZ$110. At the time it was still being bundled with Lafite and the local importer was buying it cheap off London merchants who bought extra Rieussec to secure larger allocations of Lafite. I picked up 750’s of the 2009 & 2010 for NZ$99.99 in the same manner.
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