Dessert · Sauternes · Francia
Château Lamothe Guignard Sauternes (Grand Cru Classé)
Scored from 831 calibrated Vivino reviewers. Cohort: Dessert · Francia (15 wines).
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Is Sauternes (Grand Cru Classé) a good wine?
Tasting profile
A golden-hued Sauternes leading with honey on the nose and palate, layered with quince, candied fruit, peach, and a faint touch of bitter almond. Thick and syrupy with a long finish, it shows off as a classic pairing partner for foie gras, blue cheese, and oysters.
Synthesized from 831Vivino reviewers' tasting notes for this bottle.
What reviewers say
“Honey on the nose.Thick honey with a slight hint of bitter almonds.”
From a top-rated Vivino review for this bottle.
Summary
From Sauternes in France, Château Lamothe Guignard Sauternes (Grand Cru Classé) is a dessert wine. It blends Muscadelle, Sauvignon Blanc and Semillion.
831 Vivino reviewers are calibrated for this bottle, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 845 reviewers with at least two ratings each feeds the raw-average track. Its in-cohort standing is measured against 14 other dessert wines from France, not against the corpus as a whole.
- Cohort
- Dessert · Francia · 15 wines
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Cohort: Dessert · Francia
Closest peers
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