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2007 Chateau de Fargues Sauternes
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About Chateau de Fargues

The home property of the Lur-Saluces family, formerly owners of Château d'Yquem, Fargues produces extraordinarily unctuous, honeyed wines from tiny vine yields.

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2007 Chateau de Fargues Sauternes

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

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94-96 Points | International Wine Cellar , August 2010

($129-$150) Bright golden-yellow. Wonderfully complex, rot-ennobled nose melds pineapple, yellow peach, cherry-almond, honey and oak spices. Superrich, lush and deep, conveying a powerful impression of botrytis character in its concentration of sweetness and fresh acidity. Wonderfully chewy, tactile wine with a very sweet, gripping, highly perfumed aftertaste. This is very Yquem-like in 2007, perhaps even thicker than its neighbor but not quite as fine. A great vintage in the making for this Sauternes.

94+ Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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About Bordeaux

Bordeaux is the planet's largest source of fine wine, the model for Cabernet Sauvignon- and Merlot-based wines around the globe. Bordeaux wines are considered by many wine connoisseurs to be the world's greatest reds.


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Semillon

Semillon is a paradoxical grape, as much of its appeal stems from its susceptibility to rot. Sure, the idea of rot may conjure up nasty images, but in winemaking, rot isn't necessarily a negative. Grapes can be affected by two types of rot: grey rot and noble rot, also known as Botrytis. While the former is a destructive force, diminishing yields and making wines taste...
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