Château Lafaurie Peyraguey

Château Lafaurie Peyraguey Sauternes 1cc. 2004 0,75l

Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey is a Premier Grand Cru Classé in Sauternes, perched on a high gravel terrace next to Château d’Yquem. The historic vineyard covers around forty hectares, with a core of some eighteen hectares on especially fine gravel and clay-limestone soils. Sémillon accounts for about 90–93% of the plantings, complemented by Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadelle, and yields are kept very low. Multiple passes of hand-picking select only botrytised berries, concentrating sugars and flavour. The bouquet offers candied citrus, apricot, honey, exotic fruit and acacia blossom. On the palate Lafaurie-Peyraguey is rich and silky yet beautifully balanced, with intense sweetness, bright acidity and a very long, layered Sauternes finish.

Long barrique ageing gives this Sauternes depth and fine oak spice, while fresh acidity balances the sweetness.