Château Guiraud 2017

The power of a great Sauternes signed Château Guiraud

The property
"La Maison Noble du Bayle", the first name of Château Guiraud was the possession of the Mons de Saint Poly family. In 1766 Pierre Guiraud, a Bordeaux merchant, became the owner. In 80 years and three generations, Guiraud has become a prestigious grand cru, consecrated in 1855 as the 1st Grand Cru Classé of Sauternes.

The vineyard
With a cultivated area of 85 hectares, of which 65% is sémillon and 35% is sauvignon blanc for the grape variety, Château Guiraud, 1st Grand Cru Classé of Sauternes in 1855, is one of the essential properties of the Sauternes appellation, located about thirty kilometers south of the Bordeaux region. The property benefits from an exceptional terroir with sandy gravel soils (80%), clayey gravel (20%) and oyster limestone veins. This richness therefore gives all the complexity and typicity specific to the 1st Grand Cru Château Guiraud.

The vintage

The 2017 vintage will undoubtedly mark minds due to the disasters caused by frost episodes at the end of April. Château Guiraud will be affected to the extent of 40% of its usual harvest with a yield of 8hl/ha. All the reactivity and energy of the technical team have made it possible to save the vine and ensure optimal phenolic development of the grapes. The 2017 harvest began on September 5 and ended on October 10. Carried out manually, they were operated by successive sorting of botrytized grapes.

Blend
Sémillon, sauvignon blanc

Characteristics and tasting advice for Château Guiraud 2017

Tasting

Nose
The nose displays a typical olfactory palette of the Château Guiraud signature, with notes of fresh fruit, mirabelle plum and more exotic notes of lychee, pineapple and mango. With aeration, the freshness of minty notes appears, giving way to spicy notes reminiscent of pepper and black tea.

Palate
On the palate, the attack is frank, highlighted by a beautiful liveliness in the mouth, on a tense wine that ends in a persistent finish marked by a hazelnut skin flavor. Still in its youth, Château Guiraud 2017 presents all the characteristics of the great typical wines of Sauternes that superbly blossom with age.