Château Rieussec, 1er Cru Classé, Sauternes, 2015
2015 Rieussec is a wine of considerable richness, the nose displaying a sultry swathe of botrytis notes, sweet dried apricots and spun sugar. On the palate the dry extract is palpable, giving the wine a density and structure around which flavours of raisin, dried fig and acacia honey are draped. Opulent and grown up. A blend of 86% Semillon and 14% Sauvignon Blanc – harvested up to the end of October.
critic reviews
The 2015 Rieussec is very elegant and refined on the nose of crushed white flowers, albumen and hints of saffron. The oak is very well integrated. The palate is balanced and perhaps the most unctuous of the Sauternes, filling and lacquering the mouth with honeyed fruit. Maybe it needs just a touch more acidic bite on the finish, but this is delicious. Tasted blind at the 2015 Bordeaux Ten-Year-On tasting.