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2003 Chateau de Malle Sauternes (half bottle)
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2003 Chateau de Malle Sauternes (half bottle)

Producer: Chateau de Malle
Style: Sweet Wine
Grape Type: Semillon
Origin: France
Region: Bordeaux
Appellation: Sauternes and Barsac

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91 Points | International Wine Cellar , July/August 2006

($38-$46) Healthy yellow-gold for the year. Subdued but pure aromas of fresh peach, Cointreau, caramel and vanillin oak. Sweet, very ripe and pure, with impressively concentrated flavors of stone and citrus fruits and spices. Offers excellent precision and lift, especially for this very ripe year. If a few 2003s have not delivered on their early promise, this one is even better than it appeared to be from barrel last spring.

92 Points | Wine Spectator
91 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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