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Guiraud
Known famously for their black label, which happens to be one of the oldest original labels in Bordeaux, Château Guiraud is a certain juxtaposition with its modern styled production of Sauternes.The estate became BioViticulture in 2010 and then full Agence Bio organic certification in 2011. These decisions have been in the attempts to create higher quality wines as well as make a more global wine impact in regards to environmentalism. This producer also holds the position as adding one of the highest amounts of Sauvignon Blanc, which helps allow these wines to taste wonderful young as well as massively complex with age. Enjoy them, we encourage you!
Tasting Notes
- WS96
- This is a bird of a different feather, with an exotic, vibrant aroma of toasted coconut, followed by an almond cream note that gives way to the core of green fig, papaya, Cavaillon melon and honey. There's stunning richness and mouthfeel, with the power to be one of the longer-lived wines of the vintage. Very impressive. Best from 2015 through 2040.
- WA96
- Tasted as part of a vertical held at the chateau. The 2009 Guiraud has a complex, precocious bouquet with honeysuckle and jasmine notes, hints of dried honey and white peach. It is tightly wound but very precise. The palate is pure and tense in the mouth – great precision here once again with superbly integrated oak and a lovely, seductive, very viscous botrytis-laden finish. In many ways the 2009 represents the wine that every vintage since 1983 would love to be. Drink 2018-2040+ Tasted April 2013.
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