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Chateau Rayne Vigneau, Sauternes, 1990

Dessert Wine from Bordeaux, France
by Chateau Rayne Vigneau
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A 1990 Sauternes from a Premier Cru Classé estate, now with more than three decades in bottle. Someone else has done the waiting, and you get to open it. Rayne Vigneau was ranked among Sauternes' first growths in 1855. Its vineyard sits on a gravel mound near the village of Bommes, the third-highest point in the area after Yquem. (Yquem keeps turning up in this story: in 1867 the broker Daney ranked the estate first, immediately after Yquem.) The detail everyone remembers is in the soil: agates, onyxes, amethysts and even sapphires turn up in the estate's Garonne gravels. The house picks by hand, going through the vines several times so each grape is taken only once noble rot has fully set in, helped along by morning mists off the Ciron stream. These days the estate's yields run a tiny 10 to 15 hectolitres per hectare, depending on the vintage. For anyone curious about what mature first-growth Sauternes can be, this is a great place to start.

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Semillon

  • Vintage

    1990

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Foie gras torchon with toasted brioche; Roquefort or Stilton with walnuts; apricot or quince tarte tatin; crème brûlée; roast duck with a glaze of dried fruit.

Tasting Profile

Expect the classic profile of mature, botrytised Sauternes: dried apricot, candied orange peel, honey and saffron, with the deeper caramel and crème brûlée notes that long bottle age typically brings. The palate is usually rich and unctuous but kept fresh by lively acidity, and the finish is long and sweet with a nutty, marmalade edge.