Sauternes, Ch. Roûmieu-Lacoste

Sauternes, Ch. Roûmieu-Lacoste - 2022

Item # 34832 375 mL

Roûmieu-Lacoste is in the climat of Haut Barsac, an area famous for its particularly robust, powerfully-styled sweet wines. The Roumieu-Lacoste vineyards are just across the road from First Growth Château Climens on a similar soil: calcareous clay on fissured rock, peppered with red iron, white limestone, and grey flint gravel.
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Color
White
Vintage
2022
Country
France
Region
Bordeaux
Sub-Region
Sauternes
Producer
Roûmieu-Lacoste
Grape Variety
Sauvignon Blanc
Sémillon
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Sauvignon Blanc

Few varietals have spawned as bizarre a list of descriptors as Sauvignon Blanc. Believe it or not, “cat pee” is in fact a complimentary tasting note, associated with some of the best bottlings. (It’s a somewhat odd way of pointing out herbaceousness in the wine.) Cat pee aside, Sauvignon Blanc (sometimes called "Fumé Blanc" in California) is a bit of a chameleon in terms of style, and quite utterly at the whim of the winemaker. Some are fermented in barrel, others in stainless steel. Some...

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Bordeaux

Situated on the mid-Atlantic coast of France around the Gironde river, Bordeaux is home to some of the most legendary wines on earth. There are (for all intents and purposes) five grape varieties permitted under French wine law for red Bordeaux: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and, very infrequently, Petit Verdot and Malbec. For white Bordeaux, only three varieties are permitted: Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillion, and Muscadelle. The exact percentages of each grape variety used in any...

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