Description
Owner: SARL Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey
Appellation: Sauternes
Area: 36 ha
Soil: silica-gravel and clay-gravel (gravel from the Quaternary era deposited on a substratum of Aquitania limestone)
Grape varieties: 93% Sémillon, 6% Sauvignon, 1% Muscadelle
Average age of vines: 40 years (the oldest plots date back to 1926, i.e. 88 years old)
Planting density: 6500 to 9000 vinestocks/ha
Cultivation: Short pruning in fan shape, tillage, selective grassing, debudding in spring, leaf-stripping by hand
1999 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey (Muscadelle, Sémillon and Sauvignon Blanc)
TASTING NOTES:
- View: 1999 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey has a deep amber
- Nose: Nose of plum, pineapple, orange, honey and wax.
- Mouth: Good balance in the mouth, the wine shows no heaviness, is well supported by its acidity. Beautiful expression of art that shows the presence of botrytis on the mid palate. Nice profile on the palate.
PAIRING: steak foie gras with grapes and blue cheese.
GRAPES: 90% Semillon, Sauvignon 8%, 2% Muscadelle
CELLAR: Château Lafaurie Peyraguey
