Tasting notes
Perfume
Taste
Serve at:
10 - 12 °C
Longevity:
15 - 25 years
- Start up year: 1766
- Oenologist: Xavier Planty
- Hectares: 128
elegance...
The implementation of such growing methods and an alternative approach to the vineyard have resulted in a new awareness and a different wine aesthetic. The search for maximum sugar is over and the vocabulary has changed, it is no longer a question of power but of purity of flavour, finesse and producing finely-constructed, balanced wines. Read more
| Name | Chateau Guiraud Sauternes 1er Cru Classè 1998 |
|---|---|
| Type | White green dessert wine from grapes with noble rot dessert wine semi-aromatic |
| Denomination | Sauternes AOC |
| Vintage | 1998 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.0% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 35% Sauvignon |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Vendor | Chateau Guiraud |
| Origin | Barsac (France) |
| Soil composition | 80% sandy gravel and clayey gravel for the remainder. |
| Plants per hectare | 6,600 vines/h |
| Yield per hectare | 12hl/ha |
| Harvest | is only done hand picking by successive waves through the vineyard (2 to 7 selections), picking only the botrytised berries. A minimum of potential alcohol (20°) must be reached before starting the harvest. |
| Wine making | The fermentation made in new oak barrels over a period of three weeks to two months. Different batches are fermentated until they reach their own equilibrium which depends upon their selection. |
| Aging | Maturation in barrels, on fine lees, for 18 to 24 months depending on the year, with racking |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |

