R de Rieussec 2023
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Description
Characteristics and tasting advice for R de Rieussec 2023
Tasting
Nose
A complex nose blending citrus, flowers, and white-fleshed fruits, enhanced by barrel aging.
Palate
The silky texture reveals a fine balance between richness and freshness. The finish is elegant and pure, with saline minerality. A refined, well-balanced dry white wine.
A great dry white Bordeaux, fresh and delicate
The estate
Owned by Domaines Barons de Rothschild Lafite since 1984, Château Rieussec has ranked among the Premiers Crus Classés of Sauternes since 1855. The estate is renowned for the quality of its luscious wines, offering both freshness and power, and improving beautifully with age. Respect for the environment is a core part of the estate’s philosophy. Harvesting is carried out by hand, allowing the finest grapes to be picked almost berry by berry and to express themselves in highly authentic wines.
The vineyard
Located in the heart of the Sauternes vineyard, Château Rieussec spans 85 hectares of sandy gravel and clay plots. Here, the sémillon, sauvignon blanc, and muscadelle grape varieties slowly ripen to reach an exceptional level of maturity, giving rise to the famous noble rot of the appellation.
The wine
Since the 2021 vintage, R de Rieussec has been presented in an innovative bottle.
Evoking the characteristic silhouette of Burgundy bottles, ESSENTIA is a PcR (“Post Consumer Recycled”) glass bottle made from 96% recycled household glass. The packaging has also evolved, featuring a compact kraft carton designed for the responsible transport of 6 bottles of this cuvée produced as a Bordeaux Dry White wine.
The vintage
A wet start to the year, marked by episodes of frost, gave way to particularly mild conditions from mid-May to early July, before heat spikes in August and September.
Winemaking and aging
Hand-harvested in small crates, the berries are cooled to limit oxidation before gentle pressing to preserve aromatic brightness. Cold settling is followed by the vinification of part of the sémillon must in new oak barrels and one-wine barrels. Sauvignon must is vinified mainly in stainless steel tanks, as well as in one-wine barrels. Barrel vinification is followed by six months of aging on lees with regular bâtonnage. Once aging is complete, the blend is made from wines aged in stainless steel tanks (50%) and barrels (50%).
Blend
Sauvignon blanc (56%)
Sémillon (44%).
