99 James Suckling
OMG. This is amazing. This is the new 2001. Incredible purity of botrytis and ripeness. Full-on. So driven and precise. Full-bodied, very sweet and electrified. Pineapple jam and mangoes — endless tropical fruits. This ends very clean and is almost tannic on the finish. A truly great Sauternes. Energy. Drink or hold.
18 Rene Gabriel
Mitteldunkles Gelb, somit recht intensiv, leuchtender Rand. Intensives Bouquet, Kamille, Honig, kalter Aprikosengelée und einen Hauch von reifen Quitten zeigend, alles vermischt mit einer deutlichen Botrytisnote. Dicklicher, fast öliger Fluss, zeigt einen grossen Reichtum, die Säure hat noch etwas Mühe, diese Opulenz auszugleichen, fast Finale wirkt dann fast etwas übersüss, also fehlt (noch?) die Balance. Potentialwertung: 18/20 2025 – 2048
18 Rene Gabriel
Mitteldunkles Gelb, somit recht intensiv, leuchtender Rand. Intensives Bouquet, Kamille, Honig, kalter Aprikosengelée und einen Hauch von reifen Quitten zeigend, alles vermischt mit einer deutlichen Botrytisnote. Dicklicher, fast öliger Fluss, zeigt einen grossen Reichtum, die Säure hat noch etwas Mühe, diese Opulenz auszugleichen, fast Finale wirkt dann fast etwas übersüss, also fehlt (noch?) die Balance. Potentialwertung: 18/20 2025 – 2048
94 Vinous
The 2015 Rieussec has a fragrant and quite floral bouquet, scents of yellow flower and earthy aromas filtering through the honeyed fruit. The palate is well balanced with a tang of marmalade and quince on the entry. This is pure and creamy in texture with shades of coconut and crème brûlée toward the punter, friendly finish. Lovely. Tasted blind at the Southwold 2015 Bordeaux tasting.
94 Wine Spectator
Intense, with warm peach cobbler, toasted coconut, orange curd and apricot aromas and flavors. Honeyed feel through the finish, but with a racy streak of bitter almond too. Drink now through 2040. 6,000 cases made. — JM
94 Wine Spectator
Intense, with warm peach cobbler, toasted coconut, orange curd and apricot aromas and flavors. Honeyed feel through the finish, but with a racy streak of bitter almond too. Drink now through 2040. 6,000 cases made. — JM
94 Vinous
The 2015 Rieussec has a fragrant and quite floral bouquet, scents of yellow flower and earthy aromas filtering through the honeyed fruit. The palate is well balanced with a tang of marmalade and quince on the entry. This is pure and creamy in texture with shades of coconut and crème brûlée toward the punter, friendly finish. Lovely. Tasted blind at the Southwold 2015 Bordeaux tasting.