{"title":"France | Graves \u0026 Sauternes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/files\/Graves_Sauternes_Collection_Banner.jpg?v=1540197660\" alt=\"Vineyards in Sauternes, Bordeaux\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Graves and Sauternes wine region is situated at the doorstep of the city of Bordeaux. The region produces red, white and sweet white wines and is dotted with Grands Crus classés grown in discreet vineyards that enjoy high-quality soils and microclimates conducive to wine growing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe finest red Graves wines are produced in Pessac - Léognan to the north of the region, good red and dry white wines can be found in the centre of Graves and the great sweet white wines of Sauternes and Barsac in the south.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bordeaux.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Vins de Bordeaux Official Website\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eBordeaux Wines Website\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"chateau-picque-caillou-red-wine","title":"Château Picque Caillou 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Château Picque Caillou Grand Vin de Graves is a truly exceptional red wine, from the Pessac-Léognan appellation, made under the direction of Denis Dubourdieu and using state-of-the-art modern viticulture practices. A Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot dominated blend the wine is aged for 12 months in oak (30% new) before release. Intense aromas of spices, red fruits and vanilla the palate is medium-bodied with flavours of red cherry, cassis and lightly grilled oak. Silky tannins and long finish. [#intro]Château Picque Caillou delivers structured, smoky Left Bank complexity from Bordeaux's historic Pessac-Léognan...[\/intro]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Château Picque Caillou","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":20717372309562,"sku":"A20PICQUEGRANDVIN-1","price":26.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/products\/Grand_Vin.jpg?v=1540365565"},{"product_id":"chateau-coutet-premier-grand-cru-classe-barsac","title":"Château Coutet Premier Grand Cru Classé 2017","description":"\u003cp\u003eChâteau Coutet, a Classified First Growth, is a flagship sweet wine of the Barsac appellation. Straw colour, the nose has lovely aromatic notes of tropical fruit, such as lychee, mango, and pineapple, followed by aromas of quince, toasted almonds and acacia flowers. The palate is round and smooth with a good balance between freshness and fullness. This wine distinguishes itself by a good density and remarkable finesse. The finish is long, with its vivacity and its power. Overall, this vintage is marked by its elegance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Château Coutet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31239556825155,"sku":"A15COUTETBARSACHB","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/products\/Wine.jpg?v=1574935732"},{"product_id":"chateau-doisy-vedrines-sauternes-deuxieme-cru-classe","title":"Château Doisy-Védrines Sauternes Deuxième Cru Classé 2018","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 2018 Doisy-Védrines is understated and wonderfully nuanced, just as it was from barrel. Lemon confit, apricot, passionfruit and bright floral accents lend brightness to this elegant and poised Barsac. [#intro]A wine with trademark richness \u0026amp; finesse typical of the great growths of Sauternes...[\/intro]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doisy-Védrines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32275700973635,"sku":"A18DOISYVEDRINES-1","price":42.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/products\/VinBottle.jpg?v=1610730250"},{"product_id":"domaine-de-la-solitude-blanc","title":"Domaine de la Solitude Pessac-Léognan Blanc 2017","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Domaine de la Solitude Blanc is a white wine largely inspired from the successful model developed over a long period at Domaine de Chevalier. Adopting a rigorous selection criteria only grapes of the very highest quality are used in the blend. The fruit is slowly pressed and the juice flows down by gravity into a buried vat. It is then decanted into one year old barrels where the phases of vinification all take place at once. The fermentation in casks and the regular stirring of the fine sediment lasts 9 to 10 months and then the bottling happens before the following summer. Fining of the wine is only made when necessary. This meticulous attention to detail give the wine its precise character, with its freshness and power, its extreme elegance, its beautiful lasting taste in the mouth and its capacity to age well. A blend of Sauvignon Blanc (60%) and Sémillon (40%), the Domaine de la Solitude Blanc offers explosive floral and fruity aromas of acacia, peach, citrus and exotic fruits. 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The aim is to produce a classical wine that expresses the elements of the terroir and compares to the very best Grand Crus of the Pessac Léognan appellation. A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (65%), Merlot (30%) and Cabernet Franc (5%) all grapes are carefully selected and hand harvested, before further rigorous selection at the winery sorting table. The grapes are de-stemmed and transferred to tank via gravity in order to protect the integrity of the skin of the fruit, so important for the wines tannins. Intense red in colour the Domaine de la Solitude Rouge is a beautifully balanced wine, full, fresh and fruity with a long structured and velvety palate.[#intro]A beautifully balanced fresh \u0026amp; fruity wine with a long velvety palate...[\/intro]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"La Solitude","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32275954991171,"sku":"A14SOLITUDEROUGE-1","price":32.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/products\/RedBottle_7d94be99-4a00-4fe2-8601-1d97c8f39abf.jpg?v=1610736198"},{"product_id":"r-de-rieussec-bordeaux-blanc-sec","title":"\"R\" de Rieussec Bordeaux Blanc Sec 2021\/22","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"R\" de Rieussec is a dry white wine produced at the Grand Cru estate of Château Rieussec in the Bordeaux appellation of Sauternes.  \"R\" de Rieussec was originally produced for consumption within the Rothschild family; however, the improving quality of this wine, coupled with fashion dictating a drier style meant that it was thankfully released to the general public. Global warming, and the capricious nature of noble rot (the fungus that creates the luscious wines of Sauternes) have forced producers in Sauternes to focus their attentions on the production of dry wines and \"R\" de Rieussec is one of the finest examples of this modern style. The wine is an almost equal blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon, of which 20% is barrel fermented. There are lovely aromas of citrus and passion fruit and well integrated notes of oak. The palate is very smooth, underscored by an acidity that contributes to the wine’s length. 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This wine distinguishes itself by a good density and remarkable finesse. The finish is long, with its vivacity and its power. Overall, this vintage is marked by its elegance. [#intro]A classified First Growth \u0026amp; the flagship sweet wine of the Barsac appellation...[\/intro]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Château Coutet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53546033512829,"sku":"A13COUTETBARSAC","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/products\/Wine.jpg?v=1574935732"},{"product_id":"chateau-climens-1er-cru-classe-barsac","title":"Château Climens 1er Cru Classé Barsac 2012","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Château Climens 1er Cru Classé Barsac 2012 is a vintage of which Bérénice Lurton is particularly proud, as it was the first vintage saved by biodynamic viticulture and also a bit of luck. Two warm days in a rainy October resulted in a very healthy harvest. However, a merciless selection had to be made at harvest time.  On the nose there is lovely beeswax, honeysuckle, jasmine and yellow flower aromas. The palate is very pure with fine weight, quite tangy, lightly spiced with a pretty marmalade-tinged finish. [#intro]\"Quod donare mora nequit annua, dat brevis hora\" - Latin Proverb...[\/intro]\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Château Climens","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53560884199805,"sku":"A12CLIMENSBARSAC","price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0106\/1539\/0266\/files\/ClimensBarsacBt.jpg?v=1731861569"},{"product_id":"le-petit-haut-lafitte-rouge","title":"Le Petit Haut Lafitte Rouge 2016","description":"\u003cp\u003eLe Petit Haut Lafitte Rouge is the second wine of Château Smith Haut Lafitte made from a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (60%) and Merlot (40%). Blended at the same time as Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte, Le Petit Haut Lafitte Rouge is crafted and aged with the same care and attention to detail as the estate’s Grand Vin. From the vineyard to the cellar, the entire winemaking process is exactly the same. sourced from the best plots of young vines. Le Petit Haut Lafitte 2016 is a deep, dark, intense red. The nose reveals notes of black fruit and dried grass. Upon aeration it becomes much more expressive and complex, with notes of blackberry, blackcurrant, cigar leaves, dried jalapenos, and cold smoke. On the palate the 2016 is concentrated with the firm tannic structure of Cabernet Sauvignon. Thanks to the Merlot, it is also full, smooth and ample. Le Petit Haut Lafitte delivers lovely structure, volume and smoothness with a very long, fresh finish that recalls the same aromatic palette as the nose, with notes of blackberry, blackcurrant, tobacco leaves, star anise and flint. 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Unprecedented proportions of Cabernet Franc offer a silky power which is then supported by the intensity of Cabernet Sauvignon. Within this structure, Merlot develops rounded and refined fruitiness: balance is the order of the day, ensuring a style that is complex and delicious in equal measures. 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This bottling displays the high quality expected from the only Premier Cru Supérieur in the 1855 Classification, offering intense clarity in its fruit and an almost crystalline expression of the Noble Rot. On the nose a bouquet of lime zest, green mango, and passion fruit, overlaid with the signature Noble Rot notes of saffron and crème brûlée. The palate is precise and impeccably balanced. The sweetness is immediately countered by a thrilling surge of fresh, powerful acidity, leading to flavours of candied ginger, citrus peel, and intense minerality. The finish is extremely long, focused, and refreshing, promising decades of development. The 2013 is already showing beautifully but has the capacity to age for 25–30+ years. If opening now, serve chilled alongside blue cheese like Roquefort, or simply enjoy it on its own as the grand finale to a meal. 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