I was offered a glass of this by a friend who was giving a group of friends
to a posh dinner with wine a couple of tables away when we were having the last
PWC wine dinner. Classified as a first growth with the likes of Rieussec,
Climens and Guiraud, the wines of Chateau Lafaurie-Peyraguey are less familiar
to me than say Suduiraut, Coutet, Filhot and Doisy-Vedrines. Yet 2001 was a
great year for sweet white Bordeaux, with Yquen attaining RP100 points. Orangey
gold with a sweet botrytis nose of dried apricots, the palate offered more of
the same with a smattering of fruity acid, with the sweet acid notes forming
support to a long elegant finish. Nice!
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