Château Rieussec 1983 (3 BT)

Château Rieussec 1983

Sauternes, 1er Cru Classé

Labels slightly scuffed and damp stained, capsules slightly scuffed, slightly darker in colour

In 2019, and from a half bottle, this was heavenly with strawberries. This was the year that Rieussec was bought by the Lafite Rothschilds and Charles Chevallier arrived with such éclat to manage the élevage, but harvesting was done by the outgoing owner, Albert Vuillier. A great botrytis year, it has that tarry bouquet and a lovely caramel taste, with peaches on the finish and fresh acidity. It may have aged even more gracefully than the high residual sugar 1990. Serena Sutcliffe, MW

WA 92

3 bts (sc)

Provenance

Exceptional bottles of aged DRC, First Growths and other icons from the greatest vintages going back to the 1970s. All purchased from highly reputable UK merchants, and stored in a private, purpose-built, temperature-controlled cellar on Hong Kong's Peak.

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