1990 | Chteau Lafaurie-Peyraguey | Sauternes

Dessert Wine: 1990 | Chteau Lafaurie-Peyraguey | Sauternes

The color is now getting quite deep amber and the nose offers up a lovely, honeyed constellation of apricot, orange, crme brule, nutty overtones, a touch of cherry, honey and a lovely base of buttery oak.

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Producer: Chteau Lafaurie-Peyraguey

Ratings: WA | 92 JS | 93

Vintage: 1990

Size: 750ml

ABV: 14.5%

Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon

Country/Region: France, Sauternes

The color is now getting quite deep amber and the nose offers up a lovely, honeyed constellation of apricot, orange, crme brule, nutty overtones, a touch of cherry, honey and a lovely base of buttery oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and point, with good acids and focus, a lovely core and a long, complex finish that closes with bounce and grip.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The 1990 exhibits a deep golden corn-like color, followed by sensational aromatics (honeyed citrus, pineapple and pear intertwined with smoke and creme brulee-like notes). In the mouth, the wine is massive and full-bodied, with an unctuous texture, and powerful, juicy flavors that possess mouth-staining extract, glycerin, and viscosity. This is a blockbuster-styled, sweet Sauternes with at least 30 years of longevity.

• James Suckling: This still shows lots of botrytis character with honey and sliced dried pineapple, Full body, medium sweet and a clean finish. Not the concentration of the 1989. But beautiful.

Producer Information

Chteau Lafaurie-Peyraguey is a Premier Cru Class wine estate in the Sauternes appellation, south of Bordeaux city. The chteau is located on a hill just outside the historic commune of Bommes, and dates back to the 13th Century. It became a wine estate in 1618, and has been owned by Swiss businessman Silvio Denz since 2014. The chteau’s 36-hectare (89-acre) estate neighbors Chteau d’Yquem, which lies roughly a kilometer (0.6 miles) to the southeast. Chteaux Rayne Vigneau and Sigalas-Rabaud lie to the immediate southwest and northwest respecitvely. Lafaurie-Peyraguey’s vineyards are composed of silica-gravel and clay-gravel soils and planted to 93 percent Smillon, six percent Sauvignon Blanc, and one percent Muscadelle. The estate’s vines average 40 years old, although the oldest date back to 1926. The botrytis-affected sweet wines produced from the estate generally reflect the vineyard makeup and the wines are aged in oak, of which around a third is new. A dry white wine is also made from a six-hectare (15-acre) plot and is around 60 percent Smillon and 40 percent Sauvignon Blanc. The chteau gets its name from two historic owners the Peyraguey family who gave their name to the property in the 17th Century and later, Pierre Lafaurie, who acquired the estate in the French Revolution (its prior owner was guillotined in Bordeaux). In 1855, it gained Premier Cru Class status in the classification of Sauternes and Barsac. Numerous owners come and go over the centuries, including the merchant house and ngociant, Cordier. The French-based multinational Suez Group acquired the property in the mid-1980s and renovated the building, cellars and vineyards over the turn of the century, before Denz took over in 2014. The chteau is also a luxury hotel and restaurant run by crystal firm Lalique (also owned by Denz). Chteau Lafaurie-Peyraguey produces some 40,000 bottles of its top wine annually.