Chateau Lafaurie-Peyraguey 2009
Brand: Chateau Lafaurie-Peyraguey
1er Cru Class‚ Sauternes Over the past five years, there has been a gradual but very noticeable change of style at Lafaurie-Peyraguey. Eric Larramona and his team have been aiming to make first-class Sauternes that is less 'four-square' and more refined and poised. Their 2009 is an undoubted success with a distinctive rich, green-gold hue and a luxuriant peach-fruit dominated nose. The palate is dominated by an exotic white fruit ripeness but which is off set by a citrus-lime freshness that lingers on and on. Very big and very much for the long-term in our view. 14% alc. and 139g/l residual sugar/ 4.6gl. total acidity . [Drink: 2019-2035] Lafaurie-Peyraguey has a very impressive, ornate chƒteau that is well worth a visit. The vineyard of 41 hectares is sited on the lower part of tthe Bommes plateau below its name-sake, Clos Haut-Peyraguey. The word Peyraguey means hill. The name Lafaurie derives from the fact that the estate was acquired by a Monsieur Lafaurie during the Revolution.Today it is owned and managed by Jean-Pierre Petroffe who prides himself on the meticulous care taken from vineyard, through several stages of harvesting to the cellar. These are Sauternes wines with wonderful creaminess and great complexity Drink Now or Keep Sweet Desserts, Digestif Sweet Full Bodied Deep Golden Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon Sauternes Chateau Lafaurie Peyraguey 2005 Contains Sulphites
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