1989 Chateau Rieussec Sauternes
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| Style: | Sweet Wine |
| Grape Type: | Semillon |
| Region: | Bordeaux |
About Chateau Rieussec
Even considering the estate's storied history, wines are now better than ever since Rieussec was purchased by the owners of Château Lafite-Rothschild in the mid-1980s. One of the eleven First Growths in the 1855 classification of Sauternes and Barsac, Rieussec is consistently amon... more
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Lively, complex, fresh aromas of tropical fruit, honey and spicy oak. Sweet and viscous in the middle palate; kept fresh by apple and pear notes and harmonious acidity. Very concentrated and deep. Very long on the aftertaste; has the sheer material to buffer its alcohol. Rieussec switched to later bottling with this vintage: 30 rather than 24 months after the harvest.
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By cabernet10432444, September 03, 2006
Took this wine blind to my regular group tasting. Half the people there thought I had brought an Y'quem. Top rate!!
Took this wine blind to my regular group tasting. Half the people there thought I had brought an Y'quem. Top rate!!

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