The Château Raymond-Lafon is one of the world's great estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Sauternes to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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How Château Raymond-Lafon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of yoghurt cake or fennel tatin with blue cheese.
On the nose the sweet wine of Château Raymond-Lafon. often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, pineapple or cream and sometimes also flavors of grapefruit, oaky or tropical. In the mouth the sweet wine of Château Raymond-Lafon. is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
Iconic Bordeaux AOC for noble sweet wines, left bank of the Garonne. Golden whites with signature notes of honey, candied apricot, exotic fruit, orange peel, saffron and a finish tightened by chiselled acidity, opulent yet nervy palate — a great age-worthy wine of emotion. Botrytised Semillon dominates (Ciron 'noble rot') concentrating sugars, Sauvignon Blanc adds vivacity, Muscadelle perfume. ~1,416 ha across 5 villages.
Chateau d'Yquem premier cru superieur.
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Rich, structured whites with a golden robe, full palate and moderate acidity. Aromas of yellow fruits (peach, apricot), honey, white flowers, beeswax, brioche and white truffle with age. Exceptional aptitude for noble rot. Star of Sauternes AOC and Barsac AOC, pillar of dry whites in Graves and Pessac-Léognan AOC, and of long-lived dry whites in Hunter Valley (Australia). Native Bordeaux variety.
