98 James Suckling
This is really mind blowing with super concentration of botrytis with dried mushroom, dried apricot and lemon. Lemon curd and sorbet. Full body, medium sweet, dense and layered. Goes on for minutes. A triumph. Drink or hold. Wow.
98 James Sukling
This is really mind blowing with super concentration of botrytis with dried mushroom, dried apricot and lemon. Lemon curd and sorbet. Full body, medium sweet, dense and layered. Goes on for minutes. A triumph. Drink or hold. Wow.
95 Wine Spectator
This has unctuous texture and remains a touch rambunctious, with crystalized ginger, peach, apricot and quince flavors that have yet to meld fully. Should come together given ample time. Really solid. Best from 2018 through 2038. 6,000 cases made.
95 Wine Spectator
This has unctuous texture and remains a touch rambunctious, with crystalized ginger, peach, apricot and quince flavors that have yet to meld fully. Should come together given ample time. Really solid. Best from 2018 through 2038. 6,000 cases made.
94 Vinous
(95.5% semillon and 4.5% sauvignon blanc): Full medium yellow. Pineapple and mango along with lemony botrytis and sexy vanillin oak notes on the enticing nose. Big, rich, dense and powerful, with and impressively rich semillon texture; pineapple and ripe, smoky yellow peach flavors are given a penetrating quality by strong, harmonious acidity. This firmly built, long Sauternes ought to age very well.
17 Rene Gabriel
Mittleres Gelb, lindengrüne Nuancen darin, leuchtend. Feinsüsses, dezent tropicales Bouquet, frische Ananas, Agrumen, Lindenblüten. Saftiger Gaumen, mit eher weiche Säure, mineralisches Extrakt, mittelgewichtiger Körper, wenig Spannung, kann nicht bei den Besten mithalten.
17 Rene Gabriel
Mittleres Gelb, lindengrüne Nuancen darin, leuchtend. Feinsüsses, dezent tropicales Bouquet, frische Ananas, Agrumen, Lindenblüten. Saftiger Gaumen, mit eher weiche Säure, mineralisches Extrakt, mittelgewichtiger Körper, wenig Spannung, kann nicht bei den Besten mithalten.
87 Robert Parker
The 2013 Rieussec is a blend of 96% Semillon and 4% Sauvignon Blanc picked between 26 September and 31 October. It has a simple, slightly resinous bouquet, a little more malic than usual. The palate is better than the nose, well balanced and harmonious with brioche and honeycomb-tinged fruit. It is so pleasant that you wish the aromatics would pull up their socks. Drink over the next 15 years or so. I wager that this a vintage destined to be outshone by the 2012. Tasted April 2016.
87 Robert Parker
The 2013 Rieussec is a blend of 96% Sauvignon Blanc and 4% Semillon picked between 26 September and 31 October. It has a simple, slightly resinous bouquet, a little more malic than usual. The palate is better than the nose, well balanced and harmonious with brioche and honeycomb-tinged fruit. It is so pleasant that you wish the aromatics would pull up their socks. Drink over the next 15 years or so. I wager that this a vintage destined to be outshone by the 2012. Tasted April 2016.
This is really mind blowing with super concentration of botrytis with dried mushroom, dried apricot and lemon. Lemon curd and sorbet. Full body, medium sweet, dense and layered. Goes on for minutes. A triumph. Drink or hold. Wow.
