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2003 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey, 12-bottle Lot, Wood Case

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2003 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey

750ml

RATINGS

97Wine Spectator

Very, very intense aromas of dried apricot and lemon. Honey, syrup and Golden Delicious. Full-bodied, viscous and very sweet. Pour it on pancakes. Love it. And drink it. Who can wait? Best after 2010.

97James Suckling

This is full body, very sweet with an amazing depth of fruit and spices. Loads of botrytis character. Dried pineapple and apple character. Tight and closed. Best ever from here.

93The Wine Advocate

...marmalade, orange peel, peach skin, touches of sea spray developing with time. There is good vigor and the aromatics are very open. The palate is well balanced with a fine line of acidity...

92Stephen Tanzer

Knockout nose combines apricot jam, peach, white plum and spicy, vanillin oak. Lush and fat with fruit; opulent and seamless. Wonderfully concentrated flavors of peach, nectarine and spices, with a whiff of menthol adding complexity.

17Jancis Robinson

...with a very good botrytis component. Relatively light, but definitely racy with really good acidity...

PRODUCER

Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey

Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey is a First Growth Sauternes estate. The historic château was built in the 13th century as a military fortification, and by the early 17th century the estate was owned by Raymond Peyraguey and was producing dessert wines. The estate had a colorful history for many centuries – one of its owners was guillotined during the French Revolution. But in 1984 it was purchased by the Suez Group, a French multi-national. The estate’s 101 acres are planted to 90% Semillon, 8 % Sauvignon and 2% Muscadelle. Robert M. Parker Jr. has noted that the estate in recent decades “has emerged as one of the great producers of decadently rich, complex and compelling Sauternes wines…this is one of the top half-dozen Sauternes, combining an unctuous richness with great finesse and a profound fragrance of honeyed fruit.”

REGION

France, Bordeaux, Sauternes, Bommes

Sauternes makes the world’s most famous dessert wines. Though the appellation lies within the Graves region of Bordeaux’s left bank, the appellation makes only sweet wines from white grapes, primarily Semillon sometimes blended with small amounts of Muscadelle. The five communes within Sauternes are Barsac, Bommes, Fargues, Preignac and Sauternes. Barsac also has its own appellation and, typically, Barsac wines are slightly drier and lighter than other Sauternes. Sauternes are made when weather conditions result in a mold called Botrytis cinerea developing on the grapes, which causes them to become especially sweet. Sauternes are not produced every vintage, so successful vintages become especially collectible. Sauternes estates were classified in 1855, and Château d’Yquem, the appellation’s most prestigious estate, was ranked in a class by itself as a Premier Grand Cru. Château d’Yquem wines are among the most prized wines in the world.

TYPE

Dessert, Proprietary White, Premier Cru (First Growth)

VINTAGE

2003 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey

Bommes

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