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.”