100 By James Suckling
This is a crazy wine! It’s sweet, but not sugary. Mushrooms, furniture wax, spices then dried oranges, lemons, pineapples, and just a hint of vanilla. Full-bodied, with great density and power, yet balanced and refined. So amazing, but give this five to six years still. Pull the cork in 2016.
100 By Wine Spectator
Like lemon curd on the nose, turning to honey and caramel. Full-bodied and very sweet, with fantastic concentration of ripe and botrytized fruit, yet balanced and refined. Electric acidity. Lasts for minutes on the palate. This is absolutely mind-blowing. This is the greatest young Sauternes I have ever tasted. Best after 2010. 12,500 cases made. –JS
100 By James Sukling
This is a crazy wine! It’s sweet, but not sugary. Mushrooms, furniture wax, spices then dried oranges, lemons, pineapples, and just a hint of vanilla. Full-bodied, with great density and power, yet balanced and refined. So amazing, but give this five to six years still. Pull the cork in 2016.
100 By Wine Spectator
Like lemon curd on the nose, turning to honey and caramel. Full-bodied and very sweet, with fantastic concentration of ripe and botrytized fruit, yet balanced and refined. Electric acidity. Lasts for minutes on the palate. This is absolutely mind-blowing. This is the greatest young Sauternes I have ever tasted. Best after 2010. 12,500 cases made. –JS
99 By Robert Parker
A monumental effort, the 2001 Rieussec boasts a light to medium gold color in addition to a fabulous perfume of honeysuckle, smoky oak, caramelized tropical fruits, creme brulee, and Grand Marnier. The wine is massive and full-bodied yet neither over the top nor heavy because of good acidity. With intense botrytis as well as a 70-75-second finish, this amazing Sauternes will be its apogee between 2010-2035.<br/>
99 By Robert Parker
A monumental effort, the 2001 Rieussec boasts a light to medium gold color in addition to a fabulous perfume of honeysuckle, smoky oak, caramelized tropical fruits, creme brulee, and Grand Marnier. The wine is massive and full-bodied yet neither over the top nor heavy because of good acidity. With intense botrytis as well as a 70-75-second finish, this amazing Sauternes will be its apogee between 2010-2035.<br/>
19 By Rene Gabriel
02: Fassprobe: Intensives, dichtes Gelb. Reiches, vielschichtiges Bouquet mit pfeffriger Botrytis, Mirabellen, Aprikosen und Dörrfrüchten. Im Gaumen dicker Körper zeigend, der aber durch die lebendige Säure gut ausbalanciert wird, gekochte Pfirsiche und eine schöne Vanillenote von der gut eingepassten Barrique, bewegendes Sauternes-Erlebnis mit dramatischer Länge. Gehört klar zu den Leadern. 06: Im Louis C. Jacob in Hamburg als süsses Finale eine Montags-Wein-Lunch. Viel Rosinentöne, die Botrytis ist sehr kompakt. Im Gaumen momenten etwas zu süss, weil verschlossen. Etwa 5 Jahre warten lohnt sich, obwohl sich der Wein auch jetzt schon unverschämt locker trinkt. trinken ( - 2060)
19 By Rene Gabriel
02: Fassprobe: Intensives, dichtes Gelb. Reiches, vielschichtiges Bouquet mit pfeffriger Botrytis, Mirabellen, Aprikosen und Dörrfrüchten. Im Gaumen dicker Körper zeigend, der aber durch die lebendige Säure gut ausbalanciert wird, gekochte Pfirsiche und eine schöne Vanillenote von der gut eingepassten Barrique, bewegendes Sauternes-Erlebnis mit dramatischer Länge. Gehört klar zu den Leadern. 06: Im Louis C. Jacob in Hamburg als süsses Finale eine Montags-Wein-Lunch. Viel Rosinentöne, die Botrytis ist sehr kompakt. Im Gaumen momenten etwas zu süss, weil verschlossen. Etwa 5 Jahre warten lohnt sich, obwohl sich der Wein auch jetzt schon unverschämt locker trinkt. trinken ( - 2060)
This is a crazy wine! It’s sweet, but not sugary. Mushrooms, furniture wax, spices then dried oranges, lemons, pineapples, and just a hint of vanilla. Full-bodied, with great density and power, yet balanced and refined. So amazing, but give this five to six years still. Pull the cork in 2016.
