Dessert · Sauternes · France
Château Rieussec Sauternes (Premier Grand Cru Classé)
Scored from 5,958 calibrated Vivino reviewers. Cohort: Dessert · France (423 wines).
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Is Sauternes (Premier Grand Cru Classé) a good wine?
Tasting profile
A honeyed, botrytized Sauternes with aromas of vanilla, stone fruit, apple, and a striking saline-mineral edge that lifts it above the usual sweet profile. The texture is syrupy and thick yet stays fresh and not cloying, finishing with a long, lingering sweetness.
Synthesized from 5,958Vivino reviewers' tasting notes for this bottle.
What reviewers say
“O melhor vinho botritizado que já provei. Aromas intensos mas paladar nada enjoativo! Um vinho de sobremesa espetacular que merece todos os 100 pontos recebidos!”
From a top-rated Vivino review for this bottle.
Summary
Light amber colour. Lovely apricot, honey, florals and baked peach notes. Rich texture, stone fruit and honey flavors, subtle mineral quality and a nice finish.
From Sauternes in France, Château Rieussec Sauternes (Premier Grand Cru Classé) is a dessert wine. It is made from Semillion. At $106 for the lowest 750 ml listing, it belongs to the $60–120 band.
The cohort it is ranked inside holds 423 French dessert wines. 5,958 Vivino reviewers are calibrated for this bottle, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 6,067 reviewers with at least two ratings each feeds the raw-average track.
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Cohort: Dessert · France