Château Guiraud - Sauternes 2003 (750ml)

 

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Producer	Château Guiraud
Country	France
Region	Bordeaux
Subregion	Sauternes
Varietal	Semillon,  Sauvignon Blanc,  Muscadelle
Vintage	2003
Sku	2675
Size	750ml

Eight days of harvest on an explosive botrytis. End of the harvest on the 23th of September, that means later than in 1990! This means a wine with intense aromas and smoothness, where elegance is the most important: “a baroque wine”. Silky, greedy, with very light sugar. Flavours of hot butter, vanilla cream with refined exotic scents. An astonishing length. A somptuous wine.

This is very sweet and rich on the nose, with toffee, honey and spices. Full-bodied, with thick honey, spice, dried apricot and syrup flavors. Lasts for minutes on the palate. Big botrytis bomb. Love it. Best after 2010. 8,000 cases made. –JS

Tasted as part of a vertical held at the chateau. This is certainly one of the better wines from the Sauternes 2003 vintage: with fat mango and marmalade aromas on the nose that actually ebb, leaving room for attractive orange blossom scents. The palate is well-balanced with a smooth vanilla opening that demonstrates the precociousness of the vintage, while the exotic finish is nicely handled with hints of almond and peach lingering on the aftertaste. Fine. Drink now-2020. Tasted April 2013.