Tasting barrel samples seemed to be something reserved for wine professional, but my wife and I were given a go when we visited Chateau Sigalas Rabaud. For the tasting at the end of the chateau visit, we started with the dry white, Les Demoiselle de Sigalas 2014, which was followed by the second wine, Lieutenant de Sigalas 2011. This was followed by a barrel sample from the 2016 vintage of the Grand Vin. the wine was a nice golden yellow, with an orangey grapefruit sweet acid nose. The palate was sweet luscious and acid with lots of tropical fruit notes, well supported by an acid sweet backbone. we also tried a special bottling of a wine they bottled without sulphits, but that merits another tidbit.
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