Chateau Lamothe-Guignard

Chateau Lamothe Guignard and its sister chateau Lamothe were both classified as Second Growths in the 1855 claaification of Sauternes and Barsac wines. The original Chateau Lamothe was an 8th century fortress on a crop of high land (lamothe means a hilly outcrop), which was basically replaced by the current building shared between Lamothe and Lamothe-Guignard in the 16th century. After the property changed hands a number of times, it was bought by the Baptistes in 1820. It was in their under their ownership that the estate was divided and teh portion that was to become the above estate was bought by Joseph Bergey and renamed Lamothe-Bergey. This was sold in 1981 to the Guignard family, hence the modern name. This wine was a nice golden tea colour with a sweet botrytised nose brimming with dried apricot notes. The palate exhibited the same characteristics, well supported by a sweet acid dried apricot backbone, though the finish is rather short for a classified property.