Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey - La Chapelle de Lafaurie-Peyraguey Sauternes

Château Lafaurie-PeyragueyLa Chapelle de Lafaurie-Peyraguey Sauternes

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The La Chapelle de Lafaurie-Peyraguey Sauternes of Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey is a sweet wine from the region of Sauternes of Bordeaux.
In the mouth this sweet wine is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts and blue cheese.
The La Chapelle de Lafaurie-Peyraguey Sauternes of the Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey is in the top 30 of wines of Sauternes.

Taste structure of the La Chapelle de Lafaurie-Peyraguey Sauternes from the Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the La Chapelle de Lafaurie-Peyraguey Sauternes of Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey in the region of Bordeaux is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with earth taste

honey, ginger

Wine with oak taste

caramel, vanilla

Wine with microbio taste

cream, cheese

Wine with floral taste

honeysuckle

On the nose the La Chapelle de Lafaurie-Peyraguey Sauternes of Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey in the region of Bordeaux often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, citrus fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or vegetal.

Food and wine pairings with La Chapelle de Lafaurie-Peyraguey Sauternes

Pairings that work perfectly with La Chapelle de Lafaurie-Peyraguey Sauternes

Original food and wine pairings with La Chapelle de Lafaurie-Peyraguey Sauternes

The La Chapelle de Lafaurie-Peyraguey Sauternes of Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey matches generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of apple cake or pizza of the south west : duck breast, roquefort.

Details and technical informations about Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey's La Chapelle de Lafaurie-Peyraguey Sauternes.

Winemaker
Fernando van Zeller Guedes
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Verdelet

Interspecific crossing between 5455 Seibel and 4938 Seibel (see graph of parentage by clicking here!) obtained by Albert Seibel (1844-1936). This direct-producing hybrid has been very little cultivated in France, in the United States white wines were produced.

Last vintages of this wine

La Chapelle de Lafaurie-Peyraguey Sauternes - 2016
In the top 30 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 3.911110
La Chapelle de Lafaurie-Peyraguey Sauternes - 2015
In the top 30 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.111110
La Chapelle de Lafaurie-Peyraguey Sauternes - 2014
In the top 30 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.111110
La Chapelle de Lafaurie-Peyraguey Sauternes - 2013
In the top 30 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 3.911110
La Chapelle de Lafaurie-Peyraguey Sauternes - 2012
In the top 30 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
La Chapelle de Lafaurie-Peyraguey Sauternes - 2011
In the top 30 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.211110
La Chapelle de Lafaurie-Peyraguey Sauternes - 2010
In the top 30 of of Sauternes wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of La Chapelle de Lafaurie-Peyraguey Sauternes from Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey are 2002, 2007, 2005, 2011 and 2006.

Informations about the Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey

The winery offers 9 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
This winery is part of the Vignobles Silvio Denz.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Sauternes in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in the of Sauternes to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Bordeaux
In the top 4000 of of France wines
In the top 40 of of Sauternes wines
In the top 550 of sweet wines
In the top 20000 wines of the world

The wine region of Sauternes

Sauternes, 65 km South of Bordeaux, is a Village renowned for its high quality Sweet wines. Although some wineries produce Dry wines, they sell them under other appellations than Sauternes, which is specific to sweet wines. The village is surrounded on all sides by vineyards, the best of which produce some of the most prestigious, long-lasting and expensive dessert wines in the world. A half bottle of premium, aged Sauternes from a good Vintage can sell for over $1,000.


The wine region of Bordeaux

Bordeaux, in southwestern France, is one of the most famous, prestigious and prolific wine regions in the world. The majority of Bordeaux wines (nearly 90% of the production Volume) are the Dry, medium and Full-bodied red Bordeaux blends for which it is famous. The finest (and most expensive) are the wines of the great châteaux of Haut-Médoc and the right bank appellations of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol. The former focuses (at the highest level) on Cabernet Sauvignon, the latter on Merlot.

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The word of the wine: Flowable

A supple, easy-drinking wine with little consistency in the mouth.

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