Chateau Rieussec Sauternes 2003 (375ml) NO20230809 this Champagne is a bold

this Champagne is a bold and expressive take on rosé

Decant aggressively if drinking young

a native red grape of the Cadiz coast all but plowed under in sherry country until Alberto Orte went looking for the last old vines

stony heart of Burgundy with this refined Pinot Noir from the southern edge of Chambertin

but it also has a spine

Chateau Rieussec Sauternes 2003 (375ml) NO20230809 this Champagne is a boldSweet wines aren't in fashion, which means for wine lovers willing to buck a trend it is an opportunity. Rieussec is a Premier Cru Class of the 1855 Sauternes classification, sitting on clay gravel terroir just over the river from Chteau d'Yquem, and it has been steered by the Rothschilds of Lafite since the 1980s. 2003 was the heat wave vintage in Bordeaux: intense, unusual, and for Sauternes a year of remarkably concentrated, almost exotic botrytis.