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| Sautenes & Foie Gras selection Château Rieussec 1989 & Château de Fargues 1996 are renowned for their refined and astonishingly rich dessert wines, these examples are from one of the finest Sauternes vintages . Also Includes a special foie gras and toast platter 5 peoples max |
Château de Fargues 1996 - has belonged to the same family for more than 500
years and is a very rare example of its kind in Bordeaux. The estate first came
into the "de Lur" family in 1472, who became "de Lur Saluces" in 1586.
Château de Fargues has more than 170 hectares of grounds, and has always
maintained the varied agricultural activities typical of the Bazas region:
viticulture, forestry, breeding, and growing grain.
Vines continue to grow on about 15 hectares of land located next to rolling
meadows where Bazas cattle graze, surrounded by a maritime pine forest and
fields of maize. In light of his experience at Château d'Yquem, which had
belonged to his family since 1593, the Marquis de Lur Saluces decided to stop
making red wine in the late 1930s, and to devote this magnificent terroir
exclusively to the production of great sweet white wine. It took a great deal of
time and effort to reconstruct the vineyard. The Marquis originally planted five
hectares of white wine varieties behind the old château and, 25 years later,
vines covered 10 hectares of the estate best plots. After extensive work
conducted by Alexandre de Lur Saluces, the vineyard now covers about 15
hectares. His long-term achievement will no doubt continue in years to come
with the conversion to vineyard land of 9 hectares of excellent clay-gravel soil,
currently covered by trees.
The same standards of quality and meticulous care have been present at
Château de Fargues since the first wine was bottled there in 1943 in order to
produce the finest sweet white wine possible.
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years and is a very rare example of its kind in Bordeaux. The estate first came
into the "de Lur" family in 1472, who became "de Lur Saluces" in 1586.
Château de Fargues has more than 170 hectares of grounds, and has always
maintained the varied agricultural activities typical of the Bazas region:
viticulture, forestry, breeding, and growing grain.
Vines continue to grow on about 15 hectares of land located next to rolling
meadows where Bazas cattle graze, surrounded by a maritime pine forest and
fields of maize. In light of his experience at Château d'Yquem, which had
belonged to his family since 1593, the Marquis de Lur Saluces decided to stop
making red wine in the late 1930s, and to devote this magnificent terroir
exclusively to the production of great sweet white wine. It took a great deal of
time and effort to reconstruct the vineyard. The Marquis originally planted five
hectares of white wine varieties behind the old château and, 25 years later,
vines covered 10 hectares of the estate best plots. After extensive work
conducted by Alexandre de Lur Saluces, the vineyard now covers about 15
hectares. His long-term achievement will no doubt continue in years to come
with the conversion to vineyard land of 9 hectares of excellent clay-gravel soil,
currently covered by trees.
The same standards of quality and meticulous care have been present at
Château de Fargues since the first wine was bottled there in 1943 in order to
produce the finest sweet white wine possible.
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Château Rieussec 1989 - is one of the richest and most exotic of all Sauternes
and produced some 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 95% Sémillon, 2% Muscadelle and 3%
Sauvignon. 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.
For several generations, Château Rieussec has been a leading name in
Sauternes wines. As early as 1868, Charles Cocks remarked that “Beyond any of
the others, Rieussec produces wines that are very similar to Yquem wines”. This
fine, top drawer, 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.
Average annual production : Varies a great deal depending on the vintage,
but on average is 6,000 cases per year (but no production in 1993 and low
production in 2000 with just 3,000 cases)
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and produced some 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 95% Sémillon, 2% Muscadelle and 3%
Sauvignon. 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.
For several generations, Château Rieussec has been a leading name in
Sauternes wines. As early as 1868, Charles Cocks remarked that “Beyond any of
the others, Rieussec produces wines that are very similar to Yquem wines”. This
fine, top drawer, 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.
Average annual production : Varies a great deal depending on the vintage,
but on average is 6,000 cases per year (but no production in 1993 and low
production in 2000 with just 3,000 cases)
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