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Château Rieussec 2022

1er cru classe -

Bordeaux

Sauternes

- White - See details

Parker | 95+

The Wine Independent | 94-96

$476.00

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$119.00 / Unit

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Packaging : a box of 4 Bottle (75cl)

4 x 75CL

$476.00

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ALL VINTAGES OF THIS WINE

All Château Rieussec wines

Marks and reviews

/100

Decanter

Bright lemon, floral orange blossom and fleshy peach – juicy, with caramelised edges and soft touches of salty minerality that provide a nice contrast. Unctuous and rich, lacking a touch more vibrancy and zing at this stage, but smooth, focused, with great density and overall sweetness.

/100

Vinous

Neal Martin

The 2022 Rieussec has a well defined bouquet with wild honey, pine, light peach and honeyed scents, more orange pith with time. The palate is well balanced with a patina of oak, a fine bead of acidity, quite linear with admirable purity on the finish. Tasted blind at the Southwold tasting in London.

/100

Jane Anson

Intense and concentrated, orange blossom, truffle, citrus confit, marmalade, a luscious Rieussec from a vintage where Sauternes had to be patient for the noble rot to arrive. Estate director Jean de Roquefeuille has left Rieussec, and is now at Domaine d'Aussières (also DBR Lafite) in the Languedoc, with the Sauternes property now headed up by Mathieu Crosnier. New bottle shape also since the (excellent quality) 2019 vintage.

/100

Yves Beck

Exuberance is not really Rieussec’s priority, and this 2022 emphatically reminds us of that. It focuses on finesse and detail, while highlighting the vintage’s complexity and generosity on both the nose and the palate. The bouquet reveals subtle, deep nuances where freshness leads the wine. Notes of acacia blossom, orange zest, mandarin and lemongrass intertwined with candied nuances underscore both freshness and ripeness. On the palate, Rieussec reasserts its focus on precision, integrated sweetness and temperament. All of this is linked to an austerity that crystallizes freshness, salinity and vibrancy. A wine of character that shows long-term ambition, yet does not exclude epicureans attuned to the present moment. In short, it is contemporary but does not deny its traditional style.

/100

Jean-Marc Quarin

An already coppery colour. A moderately intense, fruity nose. Broad on the attack, flavourful on the mid-palate, rich and aromatic, the wine develops with a touch of bitterness and toasted wood on the finish.

/20

Jancis Robinson

Natural cork closure. Tasted blind. Lighter body and less sweet than most, but good and interesting balance. (JR)

Description

Characteristics and Tasting Notes for Château Rieussec 2022

Tasting Notes

Nose
Powerful aromas of dried apricots and candied fruits mingle with the delicacy of acacia blossom and honeysuckle.

Palate
The attack is well-balanced, combining richness, intensity, and freshness. Notes of exotic fruits and spicy nuances bring beautiful complexity, extended by a gentle bitterness on the finish that hints at significant aging potential.

The Complexity and Precision of a Sauternes Wine

The Estate

Owned by Domaines de Barons Rothschild Lafite since 1984, Château Rieussec has ranked among the Premiers Crus Classés of Sauternes since 1855. The château is renowned for the quality of its sweet wines, which boast beautiful texture, combining freshness and power, and which reveal their full splendor with age. For the estate, respect for the environment is a core element of its philosophy. The harvest is therefore carried out by hand, allowing the finest fruit from the vineyard to be picked almost grape by grape and to express itself in wines of remarkable authenticity.

The Vineyard

Château Rieussec is a Sauternes wine produced from an 85-hectare vineyard located at the heart of the appellation, on sandy-clay gravel soils. Here, the Sémillon, Sauvignon Blanc, and Muscadelle grape varieties ripen slowly until reaching an exceptional level of maturity, giving rise to the noble rot for which the appellation is so celebrated.

The Vintage

The start of the growing cycle was delayed by two weeks due to cool weather, followed by frosts in April that spared the most sensitive areas thanks to late pruning. Dry, sunny conditions then allowed the vines to make up for this delay, leading to an early harvest for the dry white wines and a later one for the sweet wines. Botrytis developed gradually, yielding grapes of great purity despite low yields, with a final selection taking place in late October.

Winemaking and Aging

Hand-harvested in small crates. Pressed and, after settling, transferred into barrels (new barrels for the Sémillon, once-used barrels for the Sauvignon) for fermentation. Pressing and winemaking are carried out plot by plot. After fermentation, the wines are kept on the lees until mid-December, with regular lees stirring. They are then racked and blended before being returned to barrels for aging of approximately 18 months.

Blend

Sémillon (91%)
Sauvignon Blanc (9%).