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1999 Rieussec Sauternes Blend

Sauternes Blend: 750ml

$59.99

about this wine:

"This fine, top drawer, Rothschild owned estate has produced a blockbuster '89 with an intensly perfumed nose, luxuriously rich palate and the ability to age for decades. A wine of serious breeding."

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points awarded:
ST 94 ST 92-95

92 -95 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, August 2001

Pale yellow-gold. Hugely ripe aromas of orange oil, apricot, roasted nuts and vanillin oak; conveys strong botrytis character. Unctuous, superrich and concentrated, with lively orange peel and fresh apricot flavors and uncommon verve for a wine of this sheer scale. The most concentrated and powerful of these '99s today. Finishes with great richness and palate-staining persistence. 92-95 points


94 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, August 2002

($34-$40; bottled shortly before my tasting) Explosive aromas of apricot,peach, minerals, creme caramel, grilled nuts and spices, along with cooler hints of licorice and menthol. Thick, sweet and chewy with extract; an impressively mouthfilling wine with lovely framing acidity. Characteristically big and peachy. Finishes spicy, shapely and very long. The class of the tasting. 94 points


92 -95 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, August 2001

Pale yellow-gold. Hugely ripe aromas of orange oil, apricot, roasted nuts and vanillin oak; conveys strong botrytis character. Unctuous, superrich and concentrated, with lively orange peel and fresh apricot flavors and uncommon verve for a wine of this sheer scale. The most concentrated and powerful of these '99s today. Finishes with great richness and palate-staining persistence. 92-95 points


94 points,

Stephen Tanzer's IWC, August 2002

($34-$40; bottled shortly before my tasting) Explosive aromas of apricot,peach, minerals, creme caramel, grilled nuts and spices, along with cooler hints of licorice and menthol. Thick, sweet and chewy with extract; an impressively mouthfilling wine with lovely framing acidity. Characteristically big and peachy. Finishes spicy, shapely and very long. The class of the tasting. 94 points


About Winery

"Château Rieussec is one of the richest and most exotic of all Sauternes, producing particularly good wines in the late 1980s and the mid 1990s. Rieussec has been owned by Domaines Barons de Rothschild since 1985 and is located at one of the highest points of Sauternes in the village of Fargues where its vineyards border those of Château d`Yquem.Rieussec's 75 hectares of vineyards are planted with 89% Sémillon, 8% Sauvignon Blanc and 3% Muscadelle. Yields are low and the grapes are fermented in stainless steel tanks and oak casks before being matured in oak barriques (70% new) for 18-24 months. Rieussec produces a classic full-bodied Sauternes that is deep golden-yellow in colour and packed with lusciously sweet, honeyed fruits. Classsfied as a 1er Cru Classé, its best vintages rival those from d`Yquem."

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